How To Install libykclient-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libykclient-dev
on Debian 9.
What is libykclient-dev
libykclient-dev is:
YubiKeys are USB tokens that act like keyboards and generate one-time passwords (OTPs). The tokens are produced and sold by Yubico.
This library is used for talking to an online validation server such as yubikey-server-c, yubikey-server-php or yubikey-server-j.
This package contains the necessary files for developers, and a command line tool “ykclient” to perform OTP queries from the shell.
There are three methods to install libykclient-dev
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libykclient-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install libykclient-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install libykclient-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install libykclient-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
Install libykclient-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install libykclient-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall libykclient-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libykclient-dev
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall libykclient-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libykclient-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
Remove libykclient-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libykclient-dev
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
Remove libykclient-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libykclient-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
libykclient-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libykclient-dev
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.