How to Install and Uninstall liboath-dev Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "liboath-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install liboath-dev on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                liboath-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "liboath-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall liboath-dev on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                liboath-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the liboath-dev package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: liboath-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.6.6-3
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: oath-toolkit
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: OATH Toolkit Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 221
Depends: liboath0 (= 2.6.6-3)
Filename: pool/main/o/oath-toolkit/liboath-dev_2.6.6-3_amd64.deb
Size: 69216
MD5sum: d693687de2a870bd24408ae96af0241f
SHA1: 8fa4fa0bb8a50ec19d4ee7e3ee2e210246ca673e
SHA256: 186776b065a70d565fe7f5b2b6538a716d8f96b9848357993d1f36b976be6bad
SHA512: b419fbadf88556c7fef9bddb1710d54923e0a1fe502312a75e2afa376fad54b9cfaa0296b0d944005695d6302eb081c44bbebb4b62af9a24a86ff0b4e0a2a141
Homepage: https://www.nongnu.org/oath-toolkit/
Description-en: Development files for the OATH Toolkit Liboath library
OATH Toolkit provide components to build one-time password
authentication systems. It contains shared C libraries, command line
tools and a PAM module. Supported technologies include the
event-based HOTP algorithm (RFC 4226), the time-based TOTP algorithm
(RFC 6238), and Portable Symmetric Key Container (PSKC, RFC 6030) to
manage secret key data. OATH stands for Open AuTHentication, which is
the organization that specify the algorithms.
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This package contain all files necessary for developing programs that
use Liboath.
Description-md5: 43b7a0697a07d9858bf8f7570cc6c099