How to Install and Uninstall cackey Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the cackey on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "cackey" package

This tutorial shows how to install cackey on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                cackey
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "cackey" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall cackey on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                cackey
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cackey package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: cackey
Source: cackey (0.7.11-1)
Version: 0.7.11-1+b1
Installed-Size: 487
Maintainer: Sergei Golovan
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libpcsclite1 (>= 1.3.3)
Recommends: libnss3-tools
Suggests: epiphany-extensions
Description: CAC and PIV Smartcard PKCS #11 cryptographic module
Description-md5: a6200cc944ef919710bfe41e96ccf386
Homepage: https://cackey.rkeene.org/fossil/home
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cackey/cackey_0.7.11-1+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 144764
MD5sum: 6788eb2a7989a4133652accf0ba7618f
SHA256: fa6cde2b5062222df8b0b17d855ff8bd5ae667522cdce7876fa013ba8c8c3034