How To Install pki-tools on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pki-tools on Debian 11.
What is pki-tools
pki-tools is:
This package contains PKI executables that can be used to help make Certificate System into a more complete and robust PKI solution.
This package is a part of the PKI Core used by the Certificate System.
There are three methods to install pki-tools 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 pki-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pki-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pki-tools
Install pki-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pki-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pki-tools
Install pki-tools 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 pki-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pki-tools
How To Uninstall pki-tools on Debian 11
To uninstall only the pki-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pki-tools
Uninstall pki-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pki-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pki-tools
Remove pki-tools Configurations and Data
To remove pki-tools configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pki-tools
Remove pki-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pki-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pki-tools
Dependencies
pki-tools have the following dependencies:
- ldap-utils
- libjackson2-annotations-java
- libnss3-tools
- openssl
- p11-kit-modules
- pki-base-java
- python3-pki-base
- libc6
- libldap-2.4-2
- libnspr4
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pki-tools package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
