How to Install and Uninstall yubikey-agent Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: December 23,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "yubikey-agent" package

Please follow the guidance below to install yubikey-agent on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "yubikey-agent" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall yubikey-agent on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the yubikey-agent package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: yubikey-agent
Source: yubikey-agent (0.1.4-2)
Version: 0.1.4-2+b7
Installed-Size: 3506
Maintainer: Debian Authentication Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.52), libc6 (>= 2.34), libpcsclite1 (>= 1.0.0)
Description: seamless ssh agent for YubiKeys
Description-md5: d66b82f8fd628077906a55605a299349
Homepage: https://github.com/FiloSottile/yubikey-agent
Built-Using: golang-1.19 (= 1.19.8-2), golang-github-go-piv-piv-go (= 1.8.0-3), golang-github-gopasspw-pinentry (= 0.0.2-2), golang-go.crypto (= 1:0.4.0-1), golang-golang-x-sys (= 0.3.0-1), golang-golang-x-term (= 0.3.0-1)
Section: golang
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/y/yubikey-agent/yubikey-agent_0.1.4-2+b7_amd64.deb
Size: 1259732
MD5sum: 185c0d30fa4028a703bac6b104cb6d98
SHA256: b2223f42a087224d31ae6aaae798b94ccff9b328d818b0480e60be2c0d301c36