How To Install opensc on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install opensc on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is opensc
opensc is:
OpenSC provides a set of libraries and utilities to access smart cards. It mainly focuses on cards that support cryptographic operations. It facilitates their use in security applications such as mail encryption, authentication, and digital signature. OpenSC implements the PKCS#11 API. Applications supporting this API, such as Iceweasel and Icedove, can use it. OpenSC implements the PKCS#15 standard and aims to be compatible with all software that does so as well.
Before purchasing any cards, please read carefully documentation in https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/wiki - only some cards are supported. Not only does card type matters, but also card version, card OS version and preloaded applet. Only a subset of possible operations may be supported for your card. Card initialization may require third party proprietary software.
This package contains tools for interacting with smart cards.
There are three methods to install opensc on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install opensc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install opensc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install opensc
Install opensc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install opensc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install opensc
Install opensc 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 opensc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install opensc
How To Uninstall opensc on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the opensc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove opensc
Uninstall opensc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall opensc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove opensc
Remove opensc Configurations and Data
To remove opensc configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge opensc
Remove opensc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove opensc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opensc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install opensc package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
