How to Install and Uninstall libpam-pkcs11 Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "libpam-pkcs11" package

This tutorial shows how to install libpam-pkcs11 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libpam-pkcs11
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libpam-pkcs11" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libpam-pkcs11 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 libpam-pkcs11 package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libpam-pkcs11
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.6.11-4
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Source: pam-pkcs11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ludovic Rousseau
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 947
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libcurl4 (>= 7.16.2), libldap-2.4-2 (>= 2.4.7), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libpcsclite1 (>= 1.4.4), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.1)
Filename: pool/universe/p/pam-pkcs11/libpam-pkcs11_0.6.11-4_amd64.deb
Size: 143132
MD5sum: b6a136e2978aafa1da9f2a7dceee6422
SHA1: 0414c3fd5517ef301cfbad2442ce0b3ceef2b8c2
SHA256: f07fe9c66ccf9c3770371f247e440a3e7dae03a848cf51e4b0b2749a1e7a7dbe
SHA512: 8b7f740cb193b410b182352c7d3feae7b413fd0db05aa255a6ed70e143d83bf34d24a5e53f173ae0d87dd4cef92f0af9404418aeb31e459575d920c82f96128b
Homepage: https://github.com/OpenSC/pam_pkcs11/wiki
Description-en: Fully featured PAM module for using PKCS#11 smart cards
A Pluggable Authentication Module for PKCS#11 based smart cards. Useful for
enabling smart card based user login to a system.
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More advanced than libpam-p11. Additional features include full verification of
the card data using certificate chains and certificate revocation lists.
Advanced username mapping including LDAP, Active Directory and Kerberos.
Description-md5: d44f6069a65d3f2315a9b26928bb8649