How To Install firefox-pkcs11-loader on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install firefox-pkcs11-loader in Fedora 36. firefox-pkcs11-loader is Helper script for Firefox that sets up the browser for authentication with Estonian ID-card

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install firefox-pkcs11-loader on Fedora 36.

What is firefox-pkcs11-loader

This package provides a helper script for Firefox that sets up the browser for authentication with Estonian ID-card.

We can use yum or dnf to install firefox-pkcs11-loader on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install firefox-pkcs11-loader.

Install firefox-pkcs11-loader on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install firefox-pkcs11-loader using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install firefox-pkcs11-loader

Install firefox-pkcs11-loader on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install firefox-pkcs11-loader using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install firefox-pkcs11-loader

How To Uninstall firefox-pkcs11-loader on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the firefox-pkcs11-loader package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove firefox-pkcs11-loader

firefox-pkcs11-loader Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib64/mozilla/pkcs11-modules
/usr/lib64/mozilla/pkcs11-modules/idemiaawppkcs11.json
/usr/lib64/mozilla/pkcs11-modules/onepinopenscpkcs11.json
/usr/share/doc/firefox-pkcs11-loader
/usr/share/doc/firefox-pkcs11-loader/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/firefox-pkcs11-loader/README.md
/usr/share/doc/firefox-pkcs11-loader/RELEASE-NOTES.md
/usr/share/licenses/firefox-pkcs11-loader
/usr/share/licenses/firefox-pkcs11-loader/LICENSE.LGPL
/usr/share/mozilla/extensions/{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}
/usr/share/mozilla/extensions/{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}/{02274e0c-d135-45f0-8a9c-32b35110e10d}.xpi

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install firefox-pkcs11-loader on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).