How To Install kcapi-tools on Debian 12

Learn how to install kcapi-tools on Debian 12 with this tutorial. kcapi-tools is Command-line tools for Linux Kernel Crypto API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kcapi-tools on Debian 12.

What is kcapi-tools

kcapi-tools is:

The Linux kernel exports a Netlink interface of type AF_ALG to allow user space to utilize the kernel crypto API. libkcapi uses this Netlink interface and exports easy to use APIs so that a developer does not need to consider the low-level Netlink interface handling.

The library does not implement any cipher algorithms. All consumer requests are sent to the kernel for processing. Results from the kernel crypto API are returned to the consumer via the library API.

The kernel interface and therefore this library can be used by unprivileged processes.

Install this package for the kcapi-dgst, kcapi-enc & kcapi-rng applications

There are three methods to install kcapi-tools on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install kcapi-tools Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kcapi-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kcapi-tools

Install kcapi-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kcapi-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kcapi-tools

Install kcapi-tools 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install kcapi-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kcapi-tools

How To Uninstall kcapi-tools on Debian 12

To uninstall only the kcapi-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kcapi-tools

Uninstall kcapi-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kcapi-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kcapi-tools

Remove kcapi-tools Configurations and Data

To remove kcapi-tools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kcapi-tools

Remove kcapi-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kcapi-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kcapi-tools

Dependencies

kcapi-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kcapi-tools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.