How To Install libengine-pkcs11-openssl on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libengine-pkcs11-openssl on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libengine-pkcs11-openssl
libengine-pkcs11-openssl is:
With this engine for OpenSSL you can use OpenSSL library and command line tools with any PKCS#11 implementation as backend for the crypto operations.
Engine_pkcs11 was developed for smart cards, and mostly for the OpenSC PKCS#11 module, but it should work fine with any PKCS#11 implementation.
Engine_pkcs11 is a spin off from OpenSC and replaced libopensc-openssl.
There are three methods to install libengine-pkcs11-openssl on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libengine-pkcs11-openssl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libengine-pkcs11-openssl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libengine-pkcs11-openssl
Install libengine-pkcs11-openssl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libengine-pkcs11-openssl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libengine-pkcs11-openssl
Install libengine-pkcs11-openssl 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 libengine-pkcs11-openssl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libengine-pkcs11-openssl
How To Uninstall libengine-pkcs11-openssl on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libengine-pkcs11-openssl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libengine-pkcs11-openssl
Uninstall libengine-pkcs11-openssl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libengine-pkcs11-openssl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libengine-pkcs11-openssl
Remove libengine-pkcs11-openssl Configurations and Data
To remove libengine-pkcs11-openssl configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libengine-pkcs11-openssl
Remove libengine-pkcs11-openssl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libengine-pkcs11-openssl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libengine-pkcs11-openssl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libengine-pkcs11-openssl package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
