How to Install and Uninstall libsofthsm2 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "libsofthsm2" package

Please follow the guidance below to install libsofthsm2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libsofthsm2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libsofthsm2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libsofthsm2 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libsofthsm2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/libs
Installed-Size: 716
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ondřej Surý
Architecture: amd64
Source: softhsm2
Version: 2.0.0-2ubuntu1
Provides: libpkcs11
Depends: softhsm2-common, libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.2~beta3), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Recommends: softhsm2
Breaks: opendnssec-common (<< 1.3.5-1~)
Filename: pool/universe/s/softhsm2/libsofthsm2_2.0.0-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 193678
MD5sum: 4a651ad5ab5e6431bb071220705b4eb8
SHA1: e476a791f726c20c946e27915b3029c4469c4c46
SHA256: ebba18b681279f740b91ddf4ed91683c14d5dcb9c38169851968f9bd30cb23be
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
Homepage: https://www.opendnssec.org/softhsm/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu