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

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "libsofthsm2-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install libsofthsm2-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall libsofthsm2-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libsofthsm2-dev
Priority: extra
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 2376
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ondřej Surý
Architecture: amd64
Source: softhsm2
Version: 2.0.0-2ubuntu1
Depends: libsofthsm2 (= 2.0.0-2ubuntu1), softhsm2-common
Conflicts: libsofthsm-dev
Filename: pool/universe/s/softhsm2/libsofthsm2-dev_2.0.0-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 275706
MD5sum: 1923209ed3e5d6be0634120db917584b
SHA1: c9d679a5809770e7858e9f4c59d6c47f2ae35028
SHA256: 934c86e9f2da9891c455720bf2fffc221149c0a1d3fd1177fe7e65767b40dde2
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 development library. You will need external
PKCS#11 header files.
Description-md5: 457678a6de9b43d23e63c99d323aea72
Homepage: https://www.opendnssec.org/softhsm/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu