How To Install libcacard0 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcacard0 on Kali Linux.

What is libcacard0

libcacard0 is:

This emulator is designed to provide emulation of actual smart cards to a virtual card reader running in a guest virtual machine. The emulated smart cards can be representations of real smart cards, where the necessary functions such as signing, card removal/insertion, etc. are mapped to real, physical cards which are shared with the client machine the emulator is running on, or the cards could be pure software constructs.

This package provides the runtime library.

There are three methods to install libcacard0 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 libcacard0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcacard0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcacard0

Install libcacard0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcacard0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcacard0

Install libcacard0 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 libcacard0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcacard0

How To Uninstall libcacard0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libcacard0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcacard0

Uninstall libcacard0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcacard0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcacard0

Remove libcacard0 Configurations and Data

To remove libcacard0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcacard0

Remove libcacard0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcacard0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcacard0

Dependencies

libcacard0 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libnspr4

References

• libcacard0 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcacard0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.