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Port details on branch 2023Q3
pcsc-lite Middleware library to access a smart card using SCard API (PC/SC)
2.3.3_1,2 devel on this many watch lists=12 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 2.3.3_1,2Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: arrowd@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2001-12-24 23:54:40
Last Update: 2025-04-14 08:29:53
Commit Hash: d1fff74
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Also Listed In: security
License: BSD3CLAUSE GPLv3+
WWW:
https://pcsclite.apdu.fr/
Description:
This is a port of the MUSCLE PC/SC-Lite architecture. Allows easy porting of Windows smartcard software to other operating systems. Supports many types of serial, PCMCIA, and USB smartcard readers and cryptographic tokens.
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Manual pages:
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. @ldconfig
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/pcsc-lite-2.3.3_1,2/catalog.mk
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/pcsc-lite-2.3.3_1,2/LICENSE
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/pcsc-lite-2.3.3_1,2/BSD3CLAUSE
  5. /usr/local/share/licenses/pcsc-lite-2.3.3_1,2/GPLv3+
  6. bin/pcsc-spy
  7. @sample etc/default/pcscd.sample
  8. include/PCSC/debuglog.h
  9. include/PCSC/ifdhandler.h
  10. include/PCSC/pcsclite.h
  11. include/PCSC/reader.h
  12. include/PCSC/winscard.h
  13. include/PCSC/wintypes.h
  14. lib/libpcsclite.a
  15. lib/libpcsclite.so
  16. lib/libpcsclite.so.1
  17. lib/libpcsclite_real.so
  18. lib/libpcsclite_real.so.1
  19. lib/libpcscspy.so
  20. lib/libpcscspy.so.0
  21. libdata/pkgconfig/libpcsclite.pc
  22. sbin/pcscd
  23. share/doc/pcsc-lite/setup_spy.sh
  24. share/examples/pcsc-lite/Makefile.am
  25. share/examples/pcsc-lite/pcsc_demo.c
  26. share/man/man1/pcsc-spy.1.gz
  27. share/man/man5/reader.conf.5.gz
  28. share/man/man8/pcscd.8.gz
  29. share/metainfo/fr.apdu.pcsclite.metainfo.xml
  30. share/polkit-1/actions/org.debian.pcsc-lite.policy
  31. @dir lib/pcsc/services
  32. @dir lib/pcsc/drivers
  33. @owner
  34. @group
  35. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • pcscd
Dependency lines:
  • pcsc-lite>0:devel/pcsc-lite
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/devel/pcsc-lite/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install devel/pcsc-lite
  • pkg install pcsc-lite
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: pcsc-lite
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1743654189 SHA256 (pcsc-lite-2.3.3.tar.xz) = cdff7d7153a0b37aa74e26dfec89ec7dc5c5286aa21b91b903e38739d227e8e7 SIZE (pcsc-lite-2.3.3.tar.xz) = 210592

Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
pcsc-lite
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest2.3.3_1,22.3.3_1,21.9.0_1,22.3.3_1,22.3.3_1,2-1.9.0_1,2-
FreeBSD:13:quarterly2.3.3_1,22.3.3_1,22.0.0,22.3.3_1,22.3.3_1,22.0.1,22.0.1,22.0.1,2
FreeBSD:14:latest2.3.3_1,22.3.3_1,21.9.9,22.3.3_1,22.3.3_1,22.0.0,2-2.0.0,2
FreeBSD:14:quarterly2.3.3_1,22.3.3_1,2-2.3.3_1,22.3.3_1,22.0.1,22.0.1,22.0.1,2
FreeBSD:15:latest2.3.3_1,22.3.3_1,2n/a2.3.3_1,2n/a2.0.1,22.0.1,22.0.1,2
FreeBSD:15:quarterly--n/a-n/a---
FreeBSD:16:latest--n/a-n/a---
Dependencies
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Build dependencies:
  1. meson : devel/meson
  2. ninja : devel/ninja
  3. pkgconf>=1.3.0_1 : devel/pkgconf
  4. perl5>=5.36<5.37 : lang/perl5.36
Library dependencies:
  1. libpolkit-gobject-1.so : sysutils/polkit
This port is required by:
for Build
  1. security/py-pyscard
  2. security/py-yubikey-manager
  3. security/step-certificates
for Libraries
  1. comms/qt6-connectivity
  2. deskutils/ausweisapp2
  3. devel/acsccid
  4. devel/libccid
  5. devel/libchipcard
  6. devel/p5-PCSC-Card
  7. devel/pcsc-cyberjack
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  1. Collapse this list).
  2. multimedia/ab25
  3. multimedia/oscam
  4. security/beid
  5. security/beidconnect
  6. security/cardpeek
  7. security/keepassxc276
  8. security/opensc
  9. security/pam_pkcs11
  10. security/pcsc-tools
  11. security/step-certificates
  12. security/veracrypt
  13. security/yubico-piv-tool
  14. security/yubikey-agent
  15. Collapse this list.

Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. devel/ifd-test*
  2. devel/libosmocore*
  3. devel/ocfpcsc*
  4. devel/pcsc-ada*
  5. security/ifd-devkit*
  6. security/ifd-slb_rf60*
  7. security/libbeid*
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for Run
  1. security/cardpeek
  2. security/py-pyscard
  3. security/py-yubikey-manager
  4. security/yubioath-desktop

Deleted ports which required this port:

Expand this list of 2 deleted ports
  1. security/esteidfirefoxplugin*
  2. security/py-yubioath-desktop*
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* - deleted ports are only shown under the This port is required by section. It was harder to do for the Required section. Perhaps later...

Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for pcsc-lite-2.3.3_1,2: DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation EXAMPLES=on: Build and/or install examples POLKIT=on: Polkit authorization support ====> Default features knobs FILTER=off: Control (Ignore or Extend) reported reader names ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
devel_pcsc-lite
USES:
meson perl5 pkgconfig python:env shebangfix tar:xz
pkg-message:
For install:
PC/SC-Lite has been installed. You need to install a driver for your smartcard reader e.g., - devel/libccid For cardreaders connected to the serial port: After installing the driver, please update the pcscd configuration file: /usr/local/etc/reader.conf For USB cardreaders add the following lines to /etc/devd.conf to enable hotplugging: attach 100 { device-name "ugen[0-9]+"; action "/usr/local/sbin/pcscd -H"; }; detach 100 { device-name "ugen[0-9]+"; action "/usr/local/sbin/pcscd -H"; };
Master Sites:
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  1. https://pcsclite.apdu.fr/files/
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There are no commits on branch 2023Q3 for this port