How To Install yubioath-desktop on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yubioath-desktop
on Debian 9.
What is yubioath-desktop
yubioath-desktop is:
The Yubico Authenticator is a graphical desktop tool for generating Open AuTHentication (OATH) event-based HOTP and time-based TOTP one-time password codes, with the help of a Yubikey that protects the shared secrets.
There are three methods to install yubioath-desktop
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 yubioath-desktop Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install yubioath-desktop
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yubioath-desktop
Install yubioath-desktop Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install yubioath-desktop
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yubioath-desktop
Install yubioath-desktop 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 yubioath-desktop
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yubioath-desktop
How To Uninstall yubioath-desktop on Debian 9
To uninstall only the yubioath-desktop
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yubioath-desktop
Uninstall yubioath-desktop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yubioath-desktop
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yubioath-desktop
Remove yubioath-desktop Configurations and Data
To remove yubioath-desktop
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yubioath-desktop
Remove yubioath-desktop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yubioath-desktop
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yubioath-desktop
Dependencies
yubioath-desktop have the following dependencies:
- libykpers-1-1
- python-pyside.qtgui
- python-pyside.qtnetwork
- python-pkg-resources
- python-click
- pcscd
- python
- python
- python
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yubioath-desktop
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.