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

Last updated: May 22,2024

1. Install "scdaemon" package

This is a short guide on how to install scdaemon on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                scdaemon
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "scdaemon" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall scdaemon on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: scdaemon
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.2.20-1ubuntu4
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Source: gnupg2
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GnuPG Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 410
Depends: gpg-agent (= 2.2.20-1ubuntu4), libassuan0 (>= 2.5.0), libc6 (>= 2.33), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.8.0), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.35), libksba8 (>= 1.3.4), libnpth0 (>= 0.90), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.9)
Enhances: gpg-agent
Filename: pool/universe/g/gnupg2/scdaemon_2.2.20-1ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 149208
MD5sum: 0c595d63d924957ed99d92f2ad7ea892
SHA1: aefdc36a9720b310dcedfb9f2762e1c885af8f6a
SHA256: b22af140318d22332bd2c4543ee092c2c62e690cba354eb7ce67cab4024c8c2a
SHA512: 0c063f23db412175163af7f35e2ad215e7a33ef74b5874806a86c68605dd0ac8d3e11da502a10f39f69f82c1c2b0193733cbd7e1828e024a78e410b51c860aeb
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/
Description-en: GNU privacy guard - smart card support
GnuPG is GNU's tool for secure communication and data storage.
It can be used to encrypt data and to create digital signatures.
It includes an advanced key management facility and is compliant
with the proposed OpenPGP Internet standard as described in RFC4880.
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This package contains the smart card program scdaemon, which is used
by gpg-agent to access OpenPGP smart cards.
Description-md5: b49c350b09e4d02f9121e9c67447bbdc