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Okular certutils digital_sign
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  1. create a new certificate with certutil command: 
    certutil -S \
-s "CN=[ your full name ],O= [ Business or School ],OU=[ Deparment or position ],L= [ Location ],ST=[ State ],C= [ Country code ],E= [ your email ]" \
-g 2048 \
-d sql:$HOME/.pki/nssdb \
-n [ new name of certificate ] \
-x \
-t "Cu,Cu,Cu" \
-p 405-555-5555 \
--email [ your email ] \
-m 1234
  2. List the created certificate: 
    certutil -d sql:$HOME/.pki/nssdb -L
  3. Open Okular and go to: Settings > configure backends > PDF
  4. In the section: Certificate database, choose Custom and enter this path: $HOME/.pki/nssdb
  5. Apply and Restart Okular, and then you'd see the available certificate in the options of step 4 to sign digitally.

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