How To Install libu2f-server0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libu2f-server0 on Ubuntu 18.04. libu2f-server0 is Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) server communication C Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libu2f-server0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libu2f-server0

libu2f-server0 is:

Libu2f-server is a package for doing Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) server communication and has functionality for the Registration and Authentication operations. The package contains a C library, a command line tool, and documentation.

This package contains the run-time shared library, and you normally do not need to install this manually.

There are three methods to install libu2f-server0 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 libu2f-server0 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libu2f-server0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libu2f-server0

Install libu2f-server0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libu2f-server0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libu2f-server0

Install libu2f-server0 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 libu2f-server0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libu2f-server0

How To Uninstall libu2f-server0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libu2f-server0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libu2f-server0

Uninstall libu2f-server0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libu2f-server0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libu2f-server0

Remove libu2f-server0 Configurations and Data

To remove libu2f-server0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libu2f-server0

Remove libu2f-server0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libu2f-server0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libu2f-server0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libu2f-server0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.