How To Install gnutls-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnutls-bin
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gnutls-bin
gnutls-bin is:
GnuTLS is a portable library which implements the Transport Layer Security (TLS 1.0, 1.1, 1.2) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) 3.0 and Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS 1.0, 1.2) protocols.
GnuTLS features support for:
- TLS extensions: server name indication, max record size, opaque PRF input, etc.
- authentication using the SRP protocol.
- authentication using both X.509 certificates and OpenPGP keys.
- TLS Pre-Shared-Keys (PSK) extension.
- Inner Application (TLS/IA) extension.
- X.509 and OpenPGP certificate handling.
- X.509 Proxy Certificates (RFC 3820).
- all the strong encryption algorithms (including SHA-256/384/512 and Camellia (RFC 4132)).
This package contains a commandline interface to the GNU TLS library, which can be used to set up secure connections from e.g. shell scripts, debugging connection issues or managing certificates.
Useful utilities include:
- TLS termination: gnutls-cli, gnutls-serv
- key and certificate management: certtool, ocsptool, p11tool
- credential management: srptool, psktool
There are three methods to install gnutls-bin
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gnutls-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnutls-bin
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnutls-bin
Install gnutls-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnutls-bin
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnutls-bin
Install gnutls-bin Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gnutls-bin
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnutls-bin
How To Uninstall gnutls-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gnutls-bin
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnutls-bin
Uninstall gnutls-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnutls-bin
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnutls-bin
Remove gnutls-bin Configurations and Data
To remove gnutls-bin
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnutls-bin
Remove gnutls-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnutls-bin
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnutls-bin
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnutls-bin
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.