How To Install mrtdreader on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mrtdreader on Debian 11.
What is mrtdreader
mrtdreader is:
This program takes as input the content of the machine-readable zone of machine-readable travel documents and then reads out some data and dumps the facial image to a file.
It is the example application delivered together with libmrtd.
Only reader devices which are fully supported by libnfc will work.
There are three methods to install mrtdreader on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mrtdreader Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mrtdreader using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mrtdreader
Install mrtdreader Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mrtdreader using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mrtdreader
Install mrtdreader 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 mrtdreader using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mrtdreader
How To Uninstall mrtdreader on Debian 11
To uninstall only the mrtdreader package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mrtdreader
Uninstall mrtdreader And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mrtdreader and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mrtdreader
Remove mrtdreader Configurations and Data
To remove mrtdreader configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mrtdreader
Remove mrtdreader configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mrtdreader configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mrtdreader
Dependencies
mrtdreader have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mrtdreader package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
