How To Install gnome-keyring-pkcs11 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-keyring-pkcs11 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gnome-keyring-pkcs11
gnome-keyring-pkcs11 is:
gnome-keyring is a daemon in the session, similar to ssh-agent, and other applications can use it to store passwords and other sensitive information.
This package contains a PKCS#11 module that will allow using the GNOME keyring as a certificate database.
There are three methods to install gnome-keyring-pkcs11 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gnome-keyring-pkcs11 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-keyring-pkcs11 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-keyring-pkcs11
Install gnome-keyring-pkcs11 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-keyring-pkcs11 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-keyring-pkcs11
Install gnome-keyring-pkcs11 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 gnome-keyring-pkcs11 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-keyring-pkcs11
How To Uninstall gnome-keyring-pkcs11 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gnome-keyring-pkcs11 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-keyring-pkcs11
Uninstall gnome-keyring-pkcs11 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-keyring-pkcs11 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-keyring-pkcs11
Remove gnome-keyring-pkcs11 Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-keyring-pkcs11 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-keyring-pkcs11
Remove gnome-keyring-pkcs11 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-keyring-pkcs11 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-keyring-pkcs11
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-keyring-pkcs11 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
