How To Install libcacard0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcacard0 on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 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 libcacard0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcacard0
How To Uninstall libcacard0 on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcacard0
Remove libcacard0 Configurations and Data
To remove libcacard0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcacard0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
