How To Install libacsccid1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libacsccid1 on Kali Linux.

What is libacsccid1

libacsccid1 is:

This library provides a PC/SC IFD handler implementation for the ACS USB smart card readers compliant to the CCID protocol.

This package is needed to communicate with the ACS CCID smartcard readers through the PC/SC Lite resource manager (pcscd).

See README for a list of supported readers.

There are three methods to install libacsccid1 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libacsccid1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libacsccid1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libacsccid1

Install libacsccid1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libacsccid1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libacsccid1

Install libacsccid1 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libacsccid1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libacsccid1

How To Uninstall libacsccid1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libacsccid1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libacsccid1

Uninstall libacsccid1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libacsccid1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libacsccid1

Remove libacsccid1 Configurations and Data

To remove libacsccid1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libacsccid1

Remove libacsccid1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libacsccid1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libacsccid1

Dependencies

libacsccid1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libusb-1.0-0

References

• libacsccid1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libacsccid1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.