How To Install biometric-utils on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install biometric-utils on Debian 10.
What is biometric-utils
biometric-utils is:
Biometric authentication tools. This package provides the biometric-config-tool and biometric-device-discover tools:
- biometric-auth-client: The command line client of the biometric identification framework service;
- biometric-config-tool: add, remove, configure the biometric drivers;
- biometric-device-discover: discover the devices supported by the biometric framework;
There are three methods to install biometric-utils on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install biometric-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install biometric-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install biometric-utils
Install biometric-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install biometric-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install biometric-utils
Install biometric-utils 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 biometric-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install biometric-utils
How To Uninstall biometric-utils on Debian 10
To uninstall only the biometric-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove biometric-utils
Uninstall biometric-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall biometric-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove biometric-utils
Remove biometric-utils Configurations and Data
To remove biometric-utils configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge biometric-utils
Remove biometric-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove biometric-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge biometric-utils
Dependencies
biometric-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install biometric-utils package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.