If you are using Ubuntu or a derivative, you wish to install Yubico packages other than Yubico Authenticator and YubiKey Manager (GUI), and they are not available in your distribution's repositories, you have the additional option of installing via the Yubico PPA. Using Yubico's PPA (Ubuntu and derivatives)

Since the exact steps for this vary from OS to OS, we recommend referring to your distribution's documentation for more information, but as an example, on Fedora, the Yubico PAM Module would be installed using the Terminal command sudo dnf install pam_yubico.

Recommended - Download and run the AppImage of YubiKey Manager, which is available here.įor Yubico packages other than Yubico Authenticator and YubiKey Manager (GUI), we recommend using your distribution's built-in repositories for installation, where possible.

Since the exact steps for this vary from OS to OS, please refer to your distribution's documentation for more information.

Install via your distribution's repositories, if possible.

You can check whether pcscd is running with systemctl status pcscd, and can check whether it is enabled by running systemctl is-enabled pcscd.

To enable and start pcscd on most Linux systems, run sudo systemctl enable -now pcscd.

If you have trouble getting the AppImage to work, make sure your system has the pcscd package installed, and pcscd is started and enabled to start on boot.

See How to run an AppImage? on for instructions on how to use AppImages.Recommended - Install via Snap Store, or use the AppImage available here.

This article covers a number of methods for installing Yubico software on Linux.

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