How To Install yhsm-daemon on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yhsm-daemon on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is yhsm-daemon
yhsm-daemon is:
Provides a TCP based server allowing multiple processes to use a single YubiHSM in parallel.
To utilize the YubiHSM via the server instead of using it directly, pass yhsm://localhost:5348 as the device to python-pyhsm.
There are three methods to install yhsm-daemon on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install yhsm-daemon Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install yhsm-daemon using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yhsm-daemon
Install yhsm-daemon Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install yhsm-daemon using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yhsm-daemon
Install yhsm-daemon 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 yhsm-daemon using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yhsm-daemon
How To Uninstall yhsm-daemon on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the yhsm-daemon package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yhsm-daemon
Uninstall yhsm-daemon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yhsm-daemon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yhsm-daemon
Remove yhsm-daemon Configurations and Data
To remove yhsm-daemon configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yhsm-daemon
Remove yhsm-daemon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yhsm-daemon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yhsm-daemon
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yhsm-daemon package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
