How To Install yhsm-tools on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yhsm-tools on Debian 9.
What is yhsm-tools
yhsm-tools is:
YubiHSM is an easy to use and affordable crypto appliance that you connect to the USB port of a server. You can then store cryptographic keys on the YubiHSM and use them from the server without any possibility for an attacker to extract the crypto keys from the YubiHSM.
Supported operations include YubiKey OTP validation, AES ECB encrypt/decrypt/decrypt-compare, HMAC-SHA1 hashing (enabling OATH code validation), and Random number entropy generation.
This package includes the following utilities that talk with the YubiHSM:
- yhsm-keystore-unlock - Keystore unlock
- yhsm-linux-add-entropy - Entropy seeder
- yhsm-decrypt-aead - Decrypt AEADs
- yhsm-generate-keys - Generate new AEADs
There are three methods to install yhsm-tools on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install yhsm-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install yhsm-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yhsm-tools
Install yhsm-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install yhsm-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yhsm-tools
Install yhsm-tools 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 yhsm-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yhsm-tools
How To Uninstall yhsm-tools on Debian 9
To uninstall only the yhsm-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yhsm-tools
Uninstall yhsm-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yhsm-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yhsm-tools
Remove yhsm-tools Configurations and Data
To remove yhsm-tools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yhsm-tools
Remove yhsm-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yhsm-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yhsm-tools
Dependencies
yhsm-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yhsm-tools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.