How To Install ykcs11 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ykcs11 on Kali Linux.

What is ykcs11

ykcs11 is:

The Yubico PIV tool is used for interacting with the Personal Identity Verification Card (PIV) application on a YubiKey. With it you may generate keys on the device, import keys and certificates, create certificate requests, and other operations. A shared library, a PKCS#11 module a command-line tool are included.

This package contains the PKCS#11 module.

There are three methods to install ykcs11 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ykcs11 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ykcs11 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ykcs11

Install ykcs11 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ykcs11 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ykcs11

Install ykcs11 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install ykcs11 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ykcs11

How To Uninstall ykcs11 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ykcs11 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ykcs11

Uninstall ykcs11 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ykcs11 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ykcs11

Remove ykcs11 Configurations and Data

To remove ykcs11 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ykcs11

Remove ykcs11 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ykcs11 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ykcs11

Dependencies

ykcs11 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libssl1.1
• libykpiv2

References

• ykcs11 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ykcs11 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.