How To Install libcacard-tools on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcacard-tools on Debian 9.
What is libcacard-tools
libcacard-tools is:
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This package provides tools for the libcacard library (currently vscclient).
There are three methods to install libcacard-tools on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libcacard-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcacard-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcacard-tools
Install libcacard-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcacard-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcacard-tools
Install libcacard-tools 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 libcacard-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcacard-tools
How To Uninstall libcacard-tools on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libcacard-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcacard-tools
Uninstall libcacard-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcacard-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcacard-tools
Remove libcacard-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libcacard-tools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcacard-tools
Remove libcacard-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcacard-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcacard-tools
Dependencies
libcacard-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcacard-tools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.