How to Install and Uninstall libpam-pkcs11 Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 22,2024

1. Install "libpam-pkcs11" package

This tutorial shows how to install libpam-pkcs11 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install libpam-pkcs11

2. Uninstall "libpam-pkcs11" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libpam-pkcs11 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):

$ sudo apt remove libpam-pkcs11 $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the libpam-pkcs11 package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: libpam-pkcs11
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.6.11-4build1
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 (>= 2.33), libcurl4 (>= 7.16.2), libldap-2.5-0 (>= 2.5.4), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libpcsclite1 (>= 1.4.4), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.1)
Filename: pool/universe/p/pam-pkcs11/libpam-pkcs11_0.6.11-4build1_amd64.deb
Size: 143312
MD5sum: fca243a0e9c8b79e2b1b1817e8005d2d
SHA1: ef8312fd659bac84164af3f27afa410a65b6dc47
SHA256: 17f2bf005064b01dd6f797ebb7d4737d9a323ea7cbf6faaca386983c8adc0895
SHA512: 07f5652ae38056e61e5b9e2c2b83d71274f2fc63b976b391d886349664a419f00aa269f9ebb0939561e25e3a2d9436204b7b6bf46da58e6d3e44fdc7a9628bc4
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