Scdaemon not supported on my linux distro :(

Nitrokeys
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Hello.

I want to use the NK3 for OpenGPG.
I wanted to install scdaemon. My distro - Mageia 8 - did not know this. :frowning:

I was able to install ccid.
here is the info
Name : ccid Version : 1.4.33 Release : 1.mga8 Architecture : x86_64 Size : 1.5 M Quelle : ccid-1.4.33-1.mga8.src.rpm Repository : @System Aus Paketque : mageia-x86_64 Summary : Generic USB CCID smart card reader driver URL : https://ccid.apdu.fr Lizenz : LGPLv2+ Description : Generic USB CCID (Chip/Smart Card Interface Devices) driver for use with : the PC/SC Lite daemon.

It was shipped with pcsc-lite
Name : pcsc-lite Version : 1.9.0 Release : 1.mga8 Architecture : x86_64 Size : 159 k Quelle : pcsc-lite-1.9.0-1.mga8.src.rpm Repository : @System Aus Paketque : mageia-x86_64 Summary : M.U.S.C.L.E. PC/SC Framework for Linux URL : https://github.com/LudovicRousseau/PCSC Lizenz : BSD-like Description : The purpose of PC/SC Lite is to provide a Windows(R) SCard interface : in a very small form factor for communicating to smartcards and : readers. PC/SC Lite uses the same winscard API as used under : Windows(R). This package includes the PC/SC Lite daemon, a resource : manager that coordinates communications with smart card readers and : smart cards that are connected to the system, as well as other command : line tools.
But this didn’t help me using the key as a gpg card.
I get the info that no card was found. :frowning:

Is there a way I can build scdaemon from source?

Best regards

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Hello.

I found the main problem .
The ccid API must be 1.5+
I read the Github page of the author.

So I need to build a newer version need I?

Maybe I need the deaemon for the gpg card too?
I found nothing about for RPM based distros.

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Hello,

As far as I remember the only change in ccid needed is a some config file update (additional entry for Nitrokey 3), but naturally the safest is a rebuild of it - this should not be complicated. I do not see any binary changes in the relevant commit:

Regarding GnuPG, it might have Udev rules outdated, which would be required as well. You can download ours instead at:

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Hello @szszszsz
Thank you for answering.

I have updated the firmware and set the UDEV rules.
Status of my device
Command line tool to interact with Nitrokey devices 0.4.36 UUID: 6CEB5B3E66B4135FA6C67E24E74291DB Firmware version: v1.4.0 Init status: ok Free blocks (int): 60 Free blocks (ext): 478

gpg --card-list say no device found.

I downloaded the last pcsc-lite tarball and make install this.
This is a part of the result

/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c libpcsclite.la '/usr/local/lib' libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libpcsclite.so.1.0.0 /usr/local/lib/libpcsclite.so.1.0.0 libtool: install: (cd /usr/local/lib && { ln -s -f libpcsclite.so.1.0.0 libpcsclite.so.1 || { rm -f libpcsclite.so.1 && ln -s libpcsclite.so.1.0.0 libpcsclite.so.1; }; }) libtool: install: (cd /usr/local/lib && { ln -s -f libpcsclite.so.1.0.0 libpcsclite.so || { rm -f libpcsclite.so && ln -s libpcsclite.so.1.0.0 libpcsclite.so; }; }) libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libpcsclite.lai /usr/local/lib/libpcsclite.la libtool: finish: PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin" ldconfig -n /usr/local/lib Libraries have been installed in: /usr/local/lib

What I can not install is the ccid package which tells me
[...] checking for sys/types.h... yes checking for unistd.h... yes checking for ifdhandler.h... no configure: error: install pcsc-lite 1.8.3 or later, or use ./configure PCSC_CFLAGS=
This is what I do not understand. I did installed pcsc-lite 1.9.9 .
So why I can’t install ccid?

regards
:slight_smile:

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  1. Do you have pkg-config installed?
  2. There should be some more detailed log from the build process, which would tell why it was not recognized. Can you check?
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Yes

The .configure cmd said
WARNING: libpcsclite not found by pkg-config

usr/local/lib

libpcsclite.la* libpcsclite.so.1.0.0* libpcscspy.so.0@ pkgconfig/ libpcsclite.so@ libpcscspy.la* libpcscspy.so.0.0.0* printdriver/ libpcsclite.so.1@ libpcscspy.so@ libpython3.10.a* python3.10/

what i found is pcsc-spy in usr/local/bin
and pcscd usr/local/sbin/

# whatis pcscd pcscd (8) - PC/SC Smart Card Daemon

Well what todo?

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Probably setting env PCSC_CFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include PCSC_LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib ./configure ... or something similar might help.

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Hello @saper

Can I damage something with this try and error method?
regards

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No, until it builds and you run make install.

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Hello.

After hours of try and error I found a way to install the
ccid package.

Unfortunately I still can not use the NK3 as PGP card.
After I installed everything and started the pcscd daemon
I again get only the info that no card was found
when I try
gpg --card-status.
That is not easy :frowning:

Any Ideas anyone?
Thank you.

For rpm based distros I will post the exactly way to install the pcsclite and ccid package in an other post.

Regards T.L.