How to Install and Uninstall libsofthsm2 Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "libsofthsm2" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libsofthsm2 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libsofthsm2" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libsofthsm2 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libsofthsm2 package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: libsofthsm2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.6.1-2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/libs
Source: softhsm2
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian DNS Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 905
Provides: libpkcs11
Depends: softhsm2-common, libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.1), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Recommends: softhsm2
Breaks: opendnssec-common (<< 1.3.5-1~)
Filename: pool/universe/s/softhsm2/libsofthsm2_2.6.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 235784
MD5sum: 8518642d5e7483bd3401d93bcde38875
SHA1: 86299d7d1a6968a1507da56412193ece5632e93f
SHA256: 070bb54b29eec3ad97c72f4288dc7517c895a055d81810968c4fe9adcc226133
SHA512: 6c18cd01ccef120020add43da57a071ff3e66031a11c18c139756124f65e196660fce7b14d7c1c0af667110ae352a500f21643d72d93b9bd91faaa3651f468fc
Homepage: https://www.opendnssec.org/softhsm/
Description-en: cryptographic store accessible through a PKCS #11
OpenDNSSEC is a complete DNSSEC zone signing system which is very
easy to use with stability and security in mind. There are a lot of
details in signing zone files with DNSSEC and OpenDNSSEC covers most
of it.
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SoftHSM 2 is a software implementation of a generic cryptographic
device with a PKCS #11 Cryptographic Token Interface.
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This package contains shared library.
Description-md5: a797f31f4ecb146a2b0f6391d1a0e1c5