How To Install libvalidate-yubikey-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvalidate-yubikey-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libvalidate-yubikey-perl
libvalidate-yubikey-perl is:
The Yubikey is a hardware OTP token produced by Yubico (http://www.yubico.com).
Validate::Yubikey provides validation of Yubikey OTPs. It relies on you to specify callback functions that handle retrieving token information from somewhere and updating the persistent information associated with each token.
There are three methods to install libvalidate-yubikey-perl 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 libvalidate-yubikey-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvalidate-yubikey-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvalidate-yubikey-perl
Install libvalidate-yubikey-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvalidate-yubikey-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvalidate-yubikey-perl
Install libvalidate-yubikey-perl 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 libvalidate-yubikey-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvalidate-yubikey-perl
How To Uninstall libvalidate-yubikey-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libvalidate-yubikey-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvalidate-yubikey-perl
Uninstall libvalidate-yubikey-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvalidate-yubikey-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvalidate-yubikey-perl
Remove libvalidate-yubikey-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libvalidate-yubikey-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvalidate-yubikey-perl
Remove libvalidate-yubikey-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvalidate-yubikey-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvalidate-yubikey-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvalidate-yubikey-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
