How To Install softhsm2-common on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install softhsm2-common
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is softhsm2-common
softhsm2-common is:
OpenDNSSEC is a complete DNSSEC zone signing system which is very easy to use with stability and security in mind. There are a lot of details in signing zone files with DNSSEC and OpenDNSSEC covers most of it.
SoftHSM 2 is a software implementation of a generic cryptographic device with a PKCS #11 Cryptographic Token Interface.
This package contains common files shared between enforcer and signer.
There are three methods to install softhsm2-common
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 softhsm2-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install softhsm2-common
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install softhsm2-common
Install softhsm2-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install softhsm2-common
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install softhsm2-common
Install softhsm2-common 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 softhsm2-common
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install softhsm2-common
How To Uninstall softhsm2-common on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the softhsm2-common
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove softhsm2-common
Uninstall softhsm2-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall softhsm2-common
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove softhsm2-common
Remove softhsm2-common Configurations and Data
To remove softhsm2-common
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge softhsm2-common
Remove softhsm2-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove softhsm2-common
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge softhsm2-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install softhsm2-common
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.