How To Install otp on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install otp on Debian 12.
What is otp
otp is:
otp creates key and password lists for verification and security purposes in a variety of formats. Keys can be of any length, consist of digits or letters (capital or lower case), and alphabetic passwords can either be entirely random (most secure) or obey the digraph statistics of English text (easier to remember when transcribing, but less secure).
For computer applications, for example one-time login passwords, otp can create a file containing the MD5 signature of each of the generated keys. This permits the computer to verify keys without the need to store the keys in plaintext.
There are three methods to install otp 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 otp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install otp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install otp
Install otp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install otp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install otp
Install otp 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 otp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install otp
How To Uninstall otp on Debian 12
To uninstall only the otp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove otp
Uninstall otp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall otp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove otp
Remove otp Configurations and Data
To remove otp configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge otp
Remove otp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove otp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge otp
Dependencies
otp have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install otp package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.