How to Install and Uninstall libsofthsm2 Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: November 22,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libsofthsm2 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "libsofthsm2" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libsofthsm2 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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3. Information about the libsofthsm2 package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: libsofthsm2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.6.1-2ubuntu1
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: 921
Provides: libpkcs11
Depends: softhsm2-common, libc6 (>= 2.33), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0~~alpha1), libstdc++6 (>= 11)
Recommends: softhsm2
Breaks: opendnssec-common (<< 1.3.5-1~)
Filename: pool/universe/s/softhsm2/libsofthsm2_2.6.1-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 268458
MD5sum: d5d36a74b454f86398654b8aea48803e
SHA1: e896ef31e2a298ab2f8001f2be2a2f0cebe1be6b
SHA256: 981b84844f9d04156d594c732d9025ce09eac9d373c24f119ccecd33dcf649b1
SHA512: a0245eeee8a6d3c0939e1c186aa00c5c9fb54a3e9b7a3c7d0eabaa3b78b1a6fdf184d0fc07c5dfa51ed052d03c8a6f750beccffd4aee11d3075425f4ac715422
Homepage: https://www.opendnssec.org/softhsm/
Description: cryptographic store accessible through a PKCS #11
Description-md5: a797f31f4ecb146a2b0f6391d1a0e1c5