How To Install pcsc-lite.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcsc-lite.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.
What is pcsc-lite.x86_64
The purpose of PC/SC Lite is to provide a Windows(R) SCard interface in a very small form factor for communicating to smartcards and readers. PC/SC Lite uses the same winscard API as used under Windows(R). This package includes the PC/SC Lite daemon, a resource manager that coordinates communications with smart card readers and smart cards that are connected to the system, as well as other command line tools.
We can use yum to install pcsc-lite.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pcsc-lite.x86_64.
Install pcsc-lite.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install pcsc-lite.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pcsc-lite.x86_64
How To Uninstall pcsc-lite.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
To uninstall only the pcsc-lite.x86_64 package we can use the following command:
sudo yum remove pcsc-lite.x86_64
pcsc-lite.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2
/etc/reader.conf.d
/usr/lib/systemd/system/pcscd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/pcscd.socket
/usr/lib64/pcsc
/usr/lib64/pcsc/drivers
/usr/sbin/pcscd
/usr/share/doc/pcsc-lite-1.8.8
/usr/share/doc/pcsc-lite-1.8.8/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pcsc-lite-1.8.8/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/pcsc-lite-1.8.8/ChangeLog.svn
/usr/share/doc/pcsc-lite-1.8.8/DRIVERS
/usr/share/doc/pcsc-lite-1.8.8/HELP
/usr/share/doc/pcsc-lite-1.8.8/README
/usr/share/doc/pcsc-lite-1.8.8/SECURITY
/usr/share/doc/pcsc-lite-1.8.8/TODO
/usr/share/man/man5/reader.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pcscd.8.gz
/var/run/pcscd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcsc-lite.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.