How To Install scep on Debian 12

Learn how to install scep on Debian 12 with this tutorial. scep is SCEP server and client written in go

Introduction

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

What is scep

scep is:

scep implements Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol server and client. This package provides its binaries scepserver and scepclient.

There are three methods to install scep 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 scep Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install scep

Install scep Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install scep

Install scep 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 scep using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install scep

How To Uninstall scep on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove scep

Uninstall scep And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove scep

Remove scep Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge scep

Remove scep configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scep

Dependencies

scep have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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