How To Install libpcsclite-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcsclite-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libpcsclite-dev
libpcsclite-dev is:
The purpose of PC/SC Lite is to provide a Windows(R) SCard interface in a very small form factor for communicating to smart cards and smart cards readers.
This package contains the files needed for compiling and linking an application that communicates to any reader available to the PC/SC daemon.
This package also contains the PC/SC spying library: libpcscspy.so See http://ludovicrousseau.blogspot.com/2011/11/pcsc-api-spy-third-try.html
There are three methods to install libpcsclite-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpcsclite-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 libpcsclite-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpcsclite-dev
Install libpcsclite-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpcsclite-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpcsclite-dev
Install libpcsclite-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 libpcsclite-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpcsclite-dev
How To Uninstall libpcsclite-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libpcsclite-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpcsclite-dev
Uninstall libpcsclite-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpcsclite-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpcsclite-dev
Remove libpcsclite-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpcsclite-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpcsclite-dev
Remove libpcsclite-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpcsclite-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpcsclite-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcsclite-dev
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.