How To Install tinyca on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install tinyca on Debian 9. tinyca is simple graphical program for certification authority management

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tinyca on Debian 9.

What is tinyca

tinyca is:

TinyCA is a program with a simple graphical user interface that makes managing a small CA (Certification Authority) easy. TinyCA works as a frontend for openssl and can deal with several independent CAs.

With TinyCA you can create and manage x509 and S/MIME server and client certificates. You can choose between RSA and DSA keys, as well as between different digest algorithms.

The certificates can be exported as PEM, DER, TXT and PKCS#12 or as a convenient archive containing both key and certificate. Certificates can be revoked by adding them to a certificate revocation list.

There are three methods to install tinyca on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install tinyca Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tinyca

Install tinyca Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tinyca using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tinyca

Install tinyca 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 tinyca using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tinyca

How To Uninstall tinyca on Debian 9

To uninstall only the tinyca package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tinyca

Uninstall tinyca And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tinyca and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tinyca

Remove tinyca Configurations and Data

To remove tinyca configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tinyca

Remove tinyca configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove tinyca configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tinyca

Dependencies

tinyca have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tinyca package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.