How To Install caml-crush-clients on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install caml-crush-clients on Ubuntu 18.04. caml-crush-clients is Caml Crush

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install caml-crush-clients on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is caml-crush-clients

caml-crush-clients is:

This software is a computer program whose purpose is to implement a PKCS#11 proxy as well as a PKCS#11 filter with security features in mind.

For instance, the filtering engine include the following features:

  • dynamically block PKCS#11 attacks
  • disable PKCS#11 functions and weak mechanisms
  • perform object filtering on a resource
  • force read-only use of the cryptographic resource

This package is the client component of Caml Crush, it contains the TCP, TCP+TLS and a UNIX client libraries to connect to the server component.

There are three methods to install caml-crush-clients 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 caml-crush-clients Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install caml-crush-clients

Install caml-crush-clients Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install caml-crush-clients using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install caml-crush-clients

Install caml-crush-clients 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 caml-crush-clients using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install caml-crush-clients

How To Uninstall caml-crush-clients on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the caml-crush-clients package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove caml-crush-clients

Uninstall caml-crush-clients And Its Dependencies

To uninstall caml-crush-clients and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove caml-crush-clients

Remove caml-crush-clients Configurations and Data

To remove caml-crush-clients configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge caml-crush-clients

Remove caml-crush-clients configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove caml-crush-clients configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge caml-crush-clients

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install caml-crush-clients package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.