How To Install libpam-otpw on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-otpw
on Debian 11.
What is libpam-otpw
libpam-otpw is:
OTPW is a one-time password system which is robust against the password list being stolen and race for the last digit attacks.
This package contains the PAM library to use OTPW in any program which uses PAM.
There are three methods to install libpam-otpw
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 libpam-otpw Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpam-otpw
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpam-otpw
Install libpam-otpw Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpam-otpw
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpam-otpw
Install libpam-otpw 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 libpam-otpw
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpam-otpw
How To Uninstall libpam-otpw on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libpam-otpw
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpam-otpw
Uninstall libpam-otpw And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpam-otpw
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpam-otpw
Remove libpam-otpw Configurations and Data
To remove libpam-otpw
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpam-otpw
Remove libpam-otpw configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpam-otpw
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpam-otpw
Dependencies
libpam-otpw have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-otpw
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.