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I am eventually trying setup the belgian card reader and I have found this thread, which worked on my previous machine (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS), but it is not working on my current one (Ubuntu 17.10)

When I download and

sudo dpkg -i eid-archive_2018.1_all.deb

I get the following message, which looks OK to me:

(Reading database ... 492593 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack eid-archive_2018.1_all.deb ...
Unpacking eid-archive (2018.1) over (2018.1) ...
Setting up eid-archive (2018.1) ...
Repository enabled, keys installed. Please run "apt-get update" followed by
"apt-get install eid-mw eid-viewer" to install the middleware and the viewer, respectively.

When I then:

apt-get install eid-mw eid-viewer

I get the following error message:

E: Unable to locate package eid-mw 
E: Unable to locate package eid-viewer

I have also noticed that I do not have the required libraries as shown here.

When I try to install them with:

sudo apt install libacr38u libacr38ucontrol0 libacr38ucontrol-dev libccid

I get the following error message:

E: Unable to locate package libacr38u
E: Unable to locate package libacr38ucontrol0
E: Unable to locate package libacr38ucontrol-dev

Does anyone know why I cannot install those libraries? As far as I recall, I could install them with no problem at all on my previous machine (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS)

I also tried to install the libraries with synaptic, but I could not find them.

BCArg
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    `16.04` is the last version with libacr*. No libacr[any-version] in 17.10 or 18.04 . Solution : Get the `16.04` packages, and install with `sudo gdebi ./[package]` ... https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=default&section=all&arch=any&keywords=libacr38&searchon=names – Knud Larsen Apr 04 '18 at 14:13
  • It does work, libraries are now installed, thanks. I get, however, the same error message (`E: Unable to locate package eid-mw` and `E: Unable to locate package eid-viewer`) when I run `sudo apt-get install eid-mw eid-viewer` after `sudo apt-get update`. Any idea? – BCArg Apr 04 '18 at 17:29
  • May be read this post https://askubuntu.com/questions/571850/how-to-setup-belgian-eid-ubuntu-14-04 – Knud Larsen Apr 04 '18 at 19:54
  • This is the one I referred two times in my post, whose instructions I was following. I did work on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, but not working on my current machine (Ubuntu 17.10) – BCArg Apr 05 '18 at 06:34

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Belgian card reader, Ubuntu 17.10

Libraries "libacr38u" https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=libacr38&searchon=names ... Download xenial packages. And cd Downloads/ && sudo apt install ./libacr38u*

Eid https://eid.belgium.be/en/linux-eid-software-installation Download eid-archive.deb : Todays update = 05 Apr 2018 → Ubuntu 17.10 artful is now included.

When ...

deb http://files.eid.belgium.be/debian artful main
deb http://files2.eid.belgium.be/debian artful main

... is added to /etc/apt/sources.list and the the keys /usr/share/eid-archive/keys/ are installed ( sudo apt-key add * ) you can run sudo apt update and then install eid-viewer etc. http://files.eid.belgium.be/debian/dists/artful/main/binary-amd64/Packages with apt.

Knud Larsen
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  • The eID software appears to be installed, however I am getting an error when I try to read my ID card ("failed to read identity data"). I have [this smart card reader](http://www.h-mc.be/?product=lecteur-de-carte-eid-sim&lang=fr), can you see if I am missing any library or anything like that to get the card read with this smart card reader? – BCArg Apr 06 '18 at 08:22
  • Probably the same as you used with Ubuntu 16.04 : Please check your "backup". – Knud Larsen Apr 07 '18 at 11:26