How To Install minica on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install minica on Debian 12.
What is minica
minica is:
This is a super micro binary to issue new CAs. This contains nearly nothing else, and does not support revocation, or anything really important. This is just for when you need keys and don’t intend to use them for anything big and important. Otherwise, issue things for real.
There are three methods to install minica 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 minica Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install minica using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install minica
Install minica Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install minica using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install minica
Install minica 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 minica using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install minica
How To Uninstall minica on Debian 12
To uninstall only the minica package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove minica
Uninstall minica And Its Dependencies
To uninstall minica and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove minica
Remove minica Configurations and Data
To remove minica configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge minica
Remove minica configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove minica configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge minica
Dependencies
minica have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install minica package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.