How To Install libmrtd0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmrtd0 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmrtd0
libmrtd0 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.
There are three methods to install libmrtd0 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 libmrtd0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmrtd0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmrtd0
Install libmrtd0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmrtd0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmrtd0
Install libmrtd0 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 libmrtd0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmrtd0
How To Uninstall libmrtd0 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmrtd0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmrtd0
Uninstall libmrtd0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmrtd0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmrtd0
Remove libmrtd0 Configurations and Data
To remove libmrtd0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmrtd0
Remove libmrtd0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmrtd0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmrtd0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmrtd0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
