How To Install libasedrive-serial on Debian 12

Learn how to install libasedrive-serial on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libasedrive-serial is PC/SC driver for the Athena ASEDrive IIIe serial smart card reader

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libasedrive-serial on Debian 12.

What is libasedrive-serial

libasedrive-serial is:

This package provides a PC/SC IFD handler bundle for the Athena ASEDrive IIIe serial smart card readers. This driver is necessary to use one of these devices with the PC/SC Lite resource manager (pcscd).

There are three methods to install libasedrive-serial on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libasedrive-serial Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libasedrive-serial

Install libasedrive-serial Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libasedrive-serial

Install libasedrive-serial 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 libasedrive-serial using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libasedrive-serial

How To Uninstall libasedrive-serial on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libasedrive-serial package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libasedrive-serial

Uninstall libasedrive-serial And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libasedrive-serial and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libasedrive-serial

Remove libasedrive-serial Configurations and Data

To remove libasedrive-serial configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libasedrive-serial

Remove libasedrive-serial configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libasedrive-serial

Dependencies

libasedrive-serial have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libasedrive-serial package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.