How To Install libyubikey0 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libyubikey0 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libyubikey0 is Yubikey OTP handling library runtime

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libyubikey0 on Debian 12.

What is libyubikey0

libyubikey0 is:

Yubikeys are USB tokens that act like keyboards and generate one-time passwords. The tokens are produced and sold by Yubico

This library is used for decrypting the one-time passwords into their various components.

This package contains the runtime library for libyubikey.

There are three methods to install libyubikey0 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libyubikey0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libyubikey0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libyubikey0

Install libyubikey0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libyubikey0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libyubikey0

Install libyubikey0 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 libyubikey0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libyubikey0

How To Uninstall libyubikey0 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libyubikey0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libyubikey0

Uninstall libyubikey0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libyubikey0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libyubikey0

Remove libyubikey0 Configurations and Data

To remove libyubikey0 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libyubikey0

Remove libyubikey0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libyubikey0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libyubikey0

Dependencies

libyubikey0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libyubikey0 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.