How To Install pcsc-lite on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcsc-lite on Rocky Linux 8. pcsc-lite is PC/SC Lite smart card framework and applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcsc-lite on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `pcsc-lite`

The purpose of PC/SC Lite is to provide a Windows(R) SCard interface in a very small form factor for communicating to smartcards and readers. PC/SC Lite uses the same winscard API as used under Windows(R). This package includes the PC/SC Lite daemon, a resource manager that coordinates communications with smart card readers and smart cards that are connected to the system, as well as other command line tools.

We can use yum or dnf to install pcsc-lite on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pcsc-lite.

Install pcsc-lite on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install pcsc-lite using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pcsc-lite

Install pcsc-lite on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install pcsc-lite using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pcsc-lite

How To Uninstall pcsc-lite on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the pcsc-lite package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pcsc-lite

pcsc-lite Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/reader.conf.d
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/de
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/d3b77583cb85bdd41c4ef77701bc502c846cdc
/usr/lib/systemd/system/pcscd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/pcscd.socket
/usr/lib64/pcsc
/usr/lib64/pcsc/drivers
/usr/sbin/pcscd
/usr/share/doc/pcsc-lite
/usr/share/doc/pcsc-lite/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pcsc-lite/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/pcsc-lite/DRIVERS
/usr/share/doc/pcsc-lite/HELP
/usr/share/doc/pcsc-lite/README
/usr/share/doc/pcsc-lite/README.polkit
/usr/share/doc/pcsc-lite/SECURITY
/usr/share/doc/pcsc-lite/TODO
/usr/share/man/man5/reader.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pcscd.8.gz
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.debian.pcsc-lite.policy
/var/run/pcscd

References

pcsc-lite website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcsc-lite on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.