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### Configure Smart Cards on Linux & Firefox

1. Install the Smart Card programs and/or libraries

```
sudo apt-get install libpcsclite1 pcscd pcsc-tools coolkey opensc
```

2. Download your PKI Certificatees

You will have to get these from someone, like your employer

3. Import the PKI Certificates into Firefox
  - Go to three bars menu in Firefox (upper right)

- Preferences
 -->Privacy & Security
  -->Certificates
   -->View Certificates
    -->Import

  - Browse to folder containing your certificates and select the .der.p7b file that has all the other certificates linked in it.

4. Install Smart Card Reader module into Firefox

- Settings
 -->Privacy & Security
  -->Certificates
   -->Security Devices
    -->Load

- In "Module Name" Type in a name that you want, such as "coolkey Smart Module" or "opensc Smart Module"

- For `opensc` click Browse and browse to and select:  
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opensc-pkcs11.so

- ~~For coolkey, click Browse and browse to and select: ~~
(currently not working)

```
/usr/lib/pkcs11/libcoolkeypk11.so
```

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