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

Last updated: May 17,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "opensc" package

Please follow the guidance below to install opensc on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall opensc on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: opensc
Version: 0.23.0-0.3+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 1673
Maintainer: Debian OpenSC Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: opensc-pkcs11 (= 0.23.0-0.3+deb12u1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: pcscd
Conflicts: mozilla-opensc
Description: Smart card utilities with support for PKCS#15 compatible cards
Description-md5: dd2ad5a60d89b751725f27f8b92414df
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/wiki
Tag: admin::hardware, hardware::TODO, hardware::embedded, implemented-in::c,
interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility,
security::authentication, security::cryptography
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/o/opensc/opensc_0.23.0-0.3+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 371108
MD5sum: 8c2754285dd163c906ea8a817186aff8
SHA256: c9137e33a5b827f93038fe4e9947308f6f8c7728dcb3189c44adaca90eabaf74