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

Last updated: February 17,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libsofthsm2-dev 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-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libsofthsm2-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libsofthsm2-dev" package

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


    
        
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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 libsofthsm2-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: libsofthsm2-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.6.1-2ubuntu1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: softhsm2
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian DNS Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2564
Depends: libsofthsm2 (= 2.6.1-2ubuntu1), softhsm2-common
Conflicts: libsofthsm-dev
Filename: pool/universe/s/softhsm2/libsofthsm2-dev_2.6.1-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 361154
MD5sum: 38cf4abdb3d69dbb89f8221a86e25508
SHA1: 310976a679bf338c8538b9d74f208471f93bcb89
SHA256: 270719bc33d4c5917e9b47245f4c00e9d383ad4414235c6000a7b9f48386a964
SHA512: 857a57b91f6745441169addf189cf7b35cdeb36f09047b69eaa5c8b7279a8667c722ad43d078d91d6d6c391f885543c1526d4667c366bcd7b02ed0376e404321
Homepage: https://www.opendnssec.org/softhsm/
Description: cryptographic store accessible through a PKCS #11
Description-md5: 457678a6de9b43d23e63c99d323aea72