How to Install and Uninstall u2f-host Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 07,2024

1. Install "u2f-host" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install u2f-host on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                u2f-host
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "u2f-host" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall u2f-host on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                u2f-host
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the u2f-host package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: u2f-host
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 34
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Authentication Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: libu2f-host
Version: 1.0.0-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libu2f-host0 (>= 0.0)
Filename: pool/universe/libu/libu2f-host/u2f-host_1.0.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 8954
MD5sum: 35ccda643704c27c31a3e73f132b9823
SHA1: fd5ef135d0f58ddff81c9702cbe68ba389f7e898
SHA256: 81b6cdd7f9072172bc84bd229075cba40e672804246360a3c1dc91f632c01089
Description-en: Command line tool to do Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) operations
Libu2f is a package for doing Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) host communication
and has functionality for the Registration and Authentication operations.
The package contains a C library, a command line tool, and documentation.
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This is a command line tool to do registration and authentication
with a U2F device.
Description-md5: 237819570c3e299e687665f1f0cba2cc
Homepage: https://developers.yubico.com/libu2f-host/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu