How To Install otpclient-cli on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install otpclient-cli on Debian 11.
What is otpclient-cli
otpclient-cli is:
OTPClient-CLI is simplified version of OTPClient. Only two operations are supported:
- list: this will print all pairs of account and issuer that are in the database.
- show: this will show the OTP for a given account/issuer.
There are three methods to install otpclient-cli on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install otpclient-cli Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install otpclient-cli using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install otpclient-cli
Install otpclient-cli Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install otpclient-cli using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install otpclient-cli
Install otpclient-cli Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install otpclient-cli using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install otpclient-cli
How To Uninstall otpclient-cli on Debian 11
To uninstall only the otpclient-cli package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove otpclient-cli
Uninstall otpclient-cli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall otpclient-cli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove otpclient-cli
Remove otpclient-cli Configurations and Data
To remove otpclient-cli configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge otpclient-cli
Remove otpclient-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove otpclient-cli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge otpclient-cli
Dependencies
otpclient-cli have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install otpclient-cli package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
