How To Install p11-kit on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install p11-kit
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is p11-kit
p11-kit 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 tool for listing PKCS#11 modules. 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 Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.23.20-1build1 Priority: extra Section: misc Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GnuTLS Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 440 Depends: p11-kit-modules (>= 0.23.20-1build1), libc6 (>= 2.26), libp11-kit0 (>= 0.23.18.1), libtasn1-6 (>= 4.14) Filename: pool/main/p/p11-kit/p11-kit_0.23.20-1build1_amd64.deb Size: 93840 MD5sum: 5515b09ea848f14d57cb23dd957717f4 SHA1: 8ec21a66c5c0650281deaa64ed31420ccff0a08b SHA256: f767d81fbf64e73ac735b9b95f8a54b7ee0035b514f4db9585cc0afa23ee7687 Homepage: https://p11-glue.github.io/p11-glue/p11-kit.html Description-en: p11-glue utilities 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 tool for listing PKCS#11 modules. 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
There are three methods to install p11-kit
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 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
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install p11-kit
Install p11-kit Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install p11-kit
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install p11-kit
Install p11-kit 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
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install p11-kit
How To Uninstall p11-kit on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the p11-kit
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove p11-kit
Uninstall p11-kit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall p11-kit
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
Remove p11-kit Configurations and Data
To remove p11-kit
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge p11-kit
Remove p11-kit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove p11-kit
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge p11-kit
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install p11-kit
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.