How To Install yubico-piv-tool 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 yubico-piv-tool on Ubuntu.
What is yubico-piv-tool
yubico-piv-tool is:
The Yubico PIV tool is used for interacting with the Personal Identity Verification Card (PIV) application on a YubiKey. With it you may generate keys on the device, import keys and certificates, create certificate requests, and other operations. A shared library, a PKCS#11 module a command-line tool are included.
This package contains the command-line tool.
There are three methods to install yubico-piv-tool 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 yubico-piv-tool Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install yubico-piv-tool using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yubico-piv-tool
Install yubico-piv-tool Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install yubico-piv-tool using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yubico-piv-tool
Install yubico-piv-tool 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 yubico-piv-tool using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yubico-piv-tool
How To Uninstall yubico-piv-tool on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the yubico-piv-tool package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yubico-piv-tool
Uninstall yubico-piv-tool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yubico-piv-tool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yubico-piv-tool
Remove yubico-piv-tool Configurations and Data
To remove yubico-piv-tool configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yubico-piv-tool
Remove yubico-piv-tool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yubico-piv-tool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yubico-piv-tool
Dependencies
yubico-piv-tool have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yubico-piv-tool package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.