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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "oathtool" package

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


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

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


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

Package: oathtool
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 107
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: OATH Toolkit Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: oath-toolkit
Version: 2.6.1-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), liboath0 (>= 2.6.0)
Filename: pool/universe/o/oath-toolkit/oathtool_2.6.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 23398
MD5sum: 23f287947a4aa4e9f07136e7491928fd
SHA1: 93b3a4bbf677c7e199a8cbb7ac7e5599026f5df7
SHA256: 1e0b964a4c9255c6f4c99a2d3201eb0bd070bfb59379c6f7a3944de0f2eaaeab
Description-en: OATH Toolkit oathtool command line tool
The OATH Toolkit makes it easy to build one-time password
authentication systems. It contains shared libraries, command line
tools and a PAM module. Supported technologies include the
event-based HOTP algorithm (RFC4226) and the time-based TOTP algorithm
(RFC6238). OATH stands for Open AuTHentication, which is the
organization that specify the algorithms. For managing secret key
files, the Portable Symmetric Key Container (PSKC) format described in
RFC6030 is supported.
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This package contains the OATH Toolkit "oathtool" command line tool.
Description-md5: b5c897cf2ca08f1204370af7c1036a0c
Homepage: http://www.nongnu.org/oath-toolkit/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu