How To Install u2f-host on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install u2f-host
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is u2f-host
u2f-host is:
Libu2f is a package for doing Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) host communication and has functionality for the Registration and Authentication operations. The package contains a C library, a command line tool, and documentation.
This is a command line tool to do registration and authentication with a U2F device.
There are three methods to install u2f-host
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 u2f-host Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install u2f-host
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install u2f-host
Install u2f-host Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install u2f-host
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install u2f-host
Install u2f-host 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 u2f-host
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install u2f-host
How To Uninstall u2f-host on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the u2f-host
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove u2f-host
Uninstall u2f-host And Its Dependencies
To uninstall u2f-host
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove u2f-host
Remove u2f-host Configurations and Data
To remove u2f-host
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge u2f-host
Remove u2f-host configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove u2f-host
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge u2f-host
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install u2f-host
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.