How To Install tinyca on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tinyca on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is tinyca
tinyca is:
TinyCA is a program with a simple graphical user interface that makes managing a small CA (Certification Authority) easy. TinyCA works as a frontend for openssl and can deal with several independent CAs.
With TinyCA you can create and manage x509 and S/MIME server and client certificates. You can choose between RSA and DSA keys, as well as between different digest algorithms.
The certificates can be exported as PEM, DER, TXT and PKCS#12 or as a convenient archive containing both key and certificate. Certificates can be revoked by adding them to a certificate revocation list.
There are three methods to install tinyca on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install tinyca Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tinyca using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tinyca
Install tinyca Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tinyca using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tinyca
Install tinyca 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 tinyca using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tinyca
How To Uninstall tinyca on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the tinyca package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tinyca
Uninstall tinyca And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tinyca and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tinyca
Remove tinyca Configurations and Data
To remove tinyca configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tinyca
Remove tinyca configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tinyca configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tinyca
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tinyca package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
