How To Install libhsm-bin on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhsm-bin
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libhsm-bin
libhsm-bin is:
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Support library for interfacing PKCS#11 compatible Hardware Security Modules (HSM). This library allows programs to use cryptografic secure storages for keying material such as softhsm2 (HSM implemented in software), SCA6000, Aladdin eToken, OpenSC, nCipher or AEP Keyper.
This package contains command line tools.
There are three methods to install libhsm-bin
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libhsm-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libhsm-bin
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libhsm-bin
Install libhsm-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libhsm-bin
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libhsm-bin
Install libhsm-bin 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 libhsm-bin
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libhsm-bin
How To Uninstall libhsm-bin on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libhsm-bin
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libhsm-bin
Uninstall libhsm-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libhsm-bin
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhsm-bin
Remove libhsm-bin Configurations and Data
To remove libhsm-bin
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libhsm-bin
Remove libhsm-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libhsm-bin
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhsm-bin
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhsm-bin
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.