How To Install libksba8 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libksba8 on Debian 11.
What is libksba8
libksba8 is:
KSBA (pronounced Kasbah) is a library to make X.509 certificates as well as the CMS easily accessible by other applications. Both specifications are building blocks of S/MIME and TLS.
KSBA provides these subsystems: ASN.1 Parser, BER Decoder, BER Encoder, Certificate Handling and CMS Handling.
This package contains the runtime library files.
There are three methods to install libksba8 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libksba8 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libksba8 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libksba8
Install libksba8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libksba8 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libksba8
Install libksba8 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 libksba8 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libksba8
How To Uninstall libksba8 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libksba8 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libksba8
Uninstall libksba8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libksba8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libksba8
Remove libksba8 Configurations and Data
To remove libksba8 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libksba8
Remove libksba8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libksba8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libksba8
Dependencies
libksba8 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libksba8 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.