How To Install sscg on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sscg on Debian 12.
What is sscg
sscg is:
sscg is a utility to aid in the creation of more secure “self-signed” certificates. The certificates created by this tool are generated in a way so as to create a CA certificate that can be safely imported into a client machine to trust the service certificate without needing to set up a full PKI environment and without exposing the machine to a risk of false signatures from the service certificate.
There are three methods to install sscg on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install sscg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sscg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sscg
Install sscg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sscg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sscg
Install sscg 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 sscg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sscg
How To Uninstall sscg on Debian 12
To uninstall only the sscg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sscg
Uninstall sscg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sscg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sscg
Remove sscg Configurations and Data
To remove sscg configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sscg
Remove sscg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sscg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sscg
Dependencies
sscg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sscg package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
