How To Install yubikey-piv-manager on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yubikey-piv-manager on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is yubikey-piv-manager
yubikey-piv-manager is:
This tool is used for performing administrative tasks on a PIV-enabled YubiKey. It allows management of PIN, PUK, as well as the Management Key, and can be used to generate and/or import keys and certificates. This is a GUI that wraps yubico-piv-tool, and provides some additional functionality.
There are three methods to install yubikey-piv-manager 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 yubikey-piv-manager Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install yubikey-piv-manager using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yubikey-piv-manager
Install yubikey-piv-manager Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install yubikey-piv-manager using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yubikey-piv-manager
Install yubikey-piv-manager 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 yubikey-piv-manager using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yubikey-piv-manager
How To Uninstall yubikey-piv-manager on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the yubikey-piv-manager package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yubikey-piv-manager
Uninstall yubikey-piv-manager And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yubikey-piv-manager and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yubikey-piv-manager
Remove yubikey-piv-manager Configurations and Data
To remove yubikey-piv-manager configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yubikey-piv-manager
Remove yubikey-piv-manager configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yubikey-piv-manager configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yubikey-piv-manager
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yubikey-piv-manager package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
