How to Install and Uninstall u2f-host Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "u2f-host" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install u2f-host on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "u2f-host" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall u2f-host on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the u2f-host package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: u2f-host
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1.10-1.1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Source: libu2f-host
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Authentication Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 41
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libu2f-host0 (>= 1.1.0)
Filename: pool/universe/libu/libu2f-host/u2f-host_1.1.10-1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 8828
MD5sum: 10e438df900e78d0c002bea18b6be886
SHA1: f9feacf7d96d5f1702f3105e0ba18d595f428055
SHA256: 389e2b34c32864488174f2cd4c7ad9971e9b672a4a2acc7d7baa9cc6b9532445
SHA512: 5018f99a99924c97c8c984727b744c545f314021ec30c3e1c15c8e908539bcf4fcccfd95ad059daf5465383a8a4d742eea43bac92a8e451cb5e1b1d9e7624529
Homepage: https://developers.yubico.com/libu2f-host/
Description-en: Command line tool to do Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) operations
Libu2f is a package for doing Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) host communication
and has functionality for the Registration and Authentication operations.
The package contains a C library, a command line tool, and documentation.
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This is a command line tool to do registration and authentication
with a U2F device.
Description-md5: 237819570c3e299e687665f1f0cba2cc