How To Install ykcs11 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ykcs11 on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 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 ykcs11 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ykcs11
How To Uninstall ykcs11 on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ykcs11
Remove ykcs11 Configurations and Data
To remove ykcs11 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ykcs11 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
