pkcs11proxyd command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix pkcs11proxyd command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

pkcs11proxyd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pkcs11proxyd: command not found

Solutions to pkcs11proxyd: command not found

How To Fix pkcs11proxyd: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu pkcs11proxyd is provided by caml-crush-server package.

caml-crush-server is:

This software is a computer program whose purpose is to implement a PKCS#11 proxy as well as a PKCS#11 filter with security features in mind.

For instance, the filtering engine include the following features:

  • dynamically block PKCS#11 attacks
  • disable PKCS#11 functions and weak mechanisms
  • perform object filtering on a resource
  • force read-only use of the cryptographic resource

This package is the server component of Caml Crush.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install caml-crush-server

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install caml-crush-server.

sudo apt -y install caml-crush-server

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install caml-crush-server

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix pkcs11proxyd command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.