How To Install p11-kit-modules on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install p11-kit-modules on Ubuntu 20.04. p11-kit-modules is p11-glue proxy and trust modules p11-glue proxy and trust modules

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install p11-kit-modules on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `p11-kit-modules`

p11-kit-modules is:

The p11-kit library provides a way to load and enumerate Public-Key Cryptography Standard #11 modules, along with a standard configuration setup for installing PKCS#11 modules so that they’re discoverable. It also solves problems with coordinating the use of PKCS#11 by different components or libraries living in the same process.

This package contains the p11-kit proxy module and the system trust policy module. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: p11-kit-modules Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.23.20-1build1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: extra Section: misc Source: p11-kit Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GnuTLS Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1430 Depends: libp11-kit0 (= 0.23.20-1build1), libc6 (>= 2.26), libffi7 (>= 3.3~20180313), libtasn1-6 (>= 4.14) Breaks: p11-kit (<= 0.20.2-1) Replaces: p11-kit (<= 0.20.2-1) Filename: pool/main/p/p11-kit/p11-kit-modules_0.23.20-1build1_amd64.deb Size: 231416 MD5sum: f74789ef7defe3d1cfedb7724ae9079c SHA1: ec9a9195d5dfea9a1f099a9c138d6a9daee2d306 SHA256: dea151de854ca47be6f0a6070a638926df2c6efbcc8a578626bef8be1710e212 Homepage: https://p11-glue.github.io/p11-glue/p11-kit.html Description-en: p11-glue proxy and trust modules The p11-kit library provides a way to load and enumerate Public-Key Cryptography Standard #11 modules, along with a standard configuration setup for installing PKCS#11 modules so that they’re discoverable. It also solves problems with coordinating the use of PKCS#11 by different components or libraries living in the same process.

There are three methods to install p11-kit-modules on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install p11-kit-modules Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install p11-kit-modules using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install p11-kit-modules

Install p11-kit-modules Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install p11-kit-modules using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install p11-kit-modules

Install p11-kit-modules 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install p11-kit-modules using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install p11-kit-modules

How To Uninstall p11-kit-modules on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the p11-kit-modules package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove p11-kit-modules

Uninstall p11-kit-modules And Its Dependencies

To uninstall p11-kit-modules and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove p11-kit-modules

Remove p11-kit-modules Configurations and Data

To remove p11-kit-modules configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge p11-kit-modules

Remove p11-kit-modules configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove p11-kit-modules configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge p11-kit-modules

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install p11-kit-modules package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.