How To Install nitrokey-authenticator on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nitrokey-authenticator on Ubuntu.

What is `nitrokey-authenticator`

nitrokey-authenticator is:

A TOTP authenticator app similar to Google Authenticator. This app, unlike Google Authenticator, does not store TOTP shared secrets on the computer, but inside the USB key. The application supports both, Nitrokey Pro2 and LibremKey. For the latter, however, you need to have libnitrokey version 3.6 or newer installed on your system.

There are three methods to install nitrokey-authenticator on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install nitrokey-authenticator Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install nitrokey-authenticator using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nitrokey-authenticator

Install nitrokey-authenticator Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nitrokey-authenticator using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nitrokey-authenticator

Install nitrokey-authenticator 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 nitrokey-authenticator using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nitrokey-authenticator

How To Uninstall nitrokey-authenticator on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the nitrokey-authenticator package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nitrokey-authenticator

Uninstall nitrokey-authenticator And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nitrokey-authenticator and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nitrokey-authenticator

Remove nitrokey-authenticator Configurations and Data

To remove nitrokey-authenticator configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nitrokey-authenticator

Remove nitrokey-authenticator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nitrokey-authenticator configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nitrokey-authenticator

Dependencies

nitrokey-authenticator have the following dependencies:

References

nitrokey-authenticator website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nitrokey-authenticator package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.