Package: libbeidlibopensc2-dev (2.6.0-7 and others)

belgian eID PKCS11 library, development files

This package contains the development files for libbeidlibopensc, a library that is loosely based on libopensc with additional support for the Belgian eID card. It was built from the official sources as provided by Zetes Belgium on the Belgian federal website.

The OpenSC library, on which this library was based, now also contains support for the Belgian eID cards. However, since there are still some things that OpenSC chooses not to do (like showing a popup window without the application's interference when the user needs to enter his pincode), applications that want to use the Belgian eID card may have to use this library instead of OpenSC.

Install this package if you want to develop applications that use libbeidlibopensc directly.

Please read the README.Debian file in the libbeidlibopensc2 package for information on setting up your system so that it can read from smartcards.

Tags: Software Development: Libraries