How To Install certinfo on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install certinfo on Ubuntu 22.04. certinfo is Print x509 certificate info

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install certinfo on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is certinfo

certinfo is:

Similar to openssl x509 -in -text command, but handles chains, multiple files and TCP addresses. TLS/SSL version prints as well when using TCP address argument.

There are three methods to install certinfo on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install certinfo Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install certinfo using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install certinfo

Install certinfo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install certinfo using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install certinfo

Install certinfo 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 certinfo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install certinfo

How To Uninstall certinfo on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the certinfo package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove certinfo

Uninstall certinfo And Its Dependencies

To uninstall certinfo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove certinfo

Remove certinfo Configurations and Data

To remove certinfo configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge certinfo

Remove certinfo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove certinfo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge certinfo

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install certinfo package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.