How To Install u2f-server on Debian 10

Learn how to install u2f-server on Debian 10 with this tutorial. u2f-server is Command line tool to do Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) operations

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install u2f-server on Debian 10.

What is u2f-server

u2f-server is:

Libu2f-server is a package for doing Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) server communication and has functionality for the Registration and Authentication operations. The package contains a C library, a command line tool, and documentation.

This is a command line tool to do registration and authentication with a U2F device.

There are three methods to install u2f-server on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install u2f-server Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install u2f-server using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install u2f-server

Install u2f-server Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install u2f-server using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install u2f-server

Install u2f-server 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 u2f-server using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install u2f-server

How To Uninstall u2f-server on Debian 10

To uninstall only the u2f-server package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove u2f-server

Uninstall u2f-server And Its Dependencies

To uninstall u2f-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove u2f-server

Remove u2f-server Configurations and Data

To remove u2f-server configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge u2f-server

Remove u2f-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove u2f-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge u2f-server

Dependencies

u2f-server have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install u2f-server package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.