How To Install ykls on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ykls on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ykls
ykls is:
ykls is a utility for listing connected Yubikeys, along with some relevant information, such as enabled modes, firmware version, serial number, identities present in the various key slots, …
For example: $ ykls Reader: Yubico YubiKey FIDO+CCID 00 00 Version: 4.3.7 Serial: 6447364 Slot Authentication (9a): [email protected]
There are three methods to install ykls on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ykls Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ykls using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ykls
Install ykls Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ykls using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ykls
Install ykls 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 ykls using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ykls
How To Uninstall ykls on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ykls package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ykls
Uninstall ykls And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ykls and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ykls
Remove ykls Configurations and Data
To remove ykls configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ykls
Remove ykls configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ykls configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ykls
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ykls package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.