How To Install rpki-client on Debian 12

Learn how to install rpki-client on Debian 12 with this tutorial. rpki-client is OpenBSD RPKI validator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpki-client on Debian 12.

What is rpki-client

rpki-client is:

rpki-client is an RPKI relying party software: it downloads and validates the RPKI repositories.

There are three methods to install rpki-client 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 rpki-client Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rpki-client

Install rpki-client Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rpki-client

Install rpki-client 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 rpki-client using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rpki-client

How To Uninstall rpki-client on Debian 12

To uninstall only the rpki-client package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rpki-client

Uninstall rpki-client And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rpki-client

Remove rpki-client Configurations and Data

To remove rpki-client configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rpki-client

Remove rpki-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rpki-client

Dependencies

rpki-client have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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