How To Install softhsm on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install softhsm
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is softhsm
softhsm is:
SoftHSM 2 is a software implementation of a generic cryptographic device with a PKCS #11 Cryptographic Token Interface.
This is a transitional package and can be safely removed.
There are three methods to install softhsm
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install softhsm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install softhsm
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install softhsm
Install softhsm Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install softhsm
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install softhsm
Install softhsm 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install softhsm
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install softhsm
How To Uninstall softhsm on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the softhsm
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove softhsm
Uninstall softhsm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall softhsm
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove softhsm
Remove softhsm Configurations and Data
To remove softhsm
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge softhsm
Remove softhsm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove softhsm
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge softhsm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install softhsm
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.