How To Install libmrtd-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmrtd-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmrtd-dev
libmrtd-dev is:
Machine-readable travel documents such as passports nowadays usually contain an RFID chip for storing various data. This library provides useful functions for reading out the data from these documents. This version of the library supports the Basic Access Control (BAC). It uses several cryptographic functions from either libgcrypt or libtomcrypt (depending on compile-time options) in order to do the necessary decryption of the content of the MRTDs. The key for the BAC-scheme is derived from the Machine-readable zone (MRZ) which is printed on the MRTD.
The library depends on libnfc for the hardware interaction and only devices supported by libnfc will therefore work.
This package contains header files for building programs linked with libmrtd0.
There are three methods to install libmrtd-dev 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 libmrtd-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmrtd-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmrtd-dev
Install libmrtd-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmrtd-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmrtd-dev
Install libmrtd-dev 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 libmrtd-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmrtd-dev
How To Uninstall libmrtd-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmrtd-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmrtd-dev
Uninstall libmrtd-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmrtd-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmrtd-dev
Remove libmrtd-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmrtd-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmrtd-dev
Remove libmrtd-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmrtd-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmrtd-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmrtd-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
