How To Install yubikey-manager on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yubikey-manager on Debian 12.
What is yubikey-manager
yubikey-manager is:
YubiKey Manager (ykman) is a command line tool for configuring a YubiKey over all transports. It is capable of reading out device information as well as configuring several aspects of a YubiKey, including enabling or disabling connection transports and programming various types of credentials.
YubiKey is a specific series of personal Hardware Security Modules, meant to protect private keys tied to its users (for 2nd factor authentication, use with OpenPGP, …).
There are three methods to install yubikey-manager on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install yubikey-manager Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install yubikey-manager using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yubikey-manager
Install yubikey-manager Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install yubikey-manager using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yubikey-manager
Install yubikey-manager 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 yubikey-manager using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yubikey-manager
How To Uninstall yubikey-manager on Debian 12
To uninstall only the yubikey-manager package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yubikey-manager
Uninstall yubikey-manager And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yubikey-manager and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yubikey-manager
Remove yubikey-manager Configurations and Data
To remove yubikey-manager configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yubikey-manager
Remove yubikey-manager configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yubikey-manager configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yubikey-manager
Dependencies
yubikey-manager have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yubikey-manager package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
