How To Install libcryptokit-ocaml on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcryptokit-ocaml on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libcryptokit-ocaml
libcryptokit-ocaml is:
The Cryptokit library for Objective Caml provides a variety of cryptographic primitives that can be used to implement cryptographic protocols in security-sensitive applications. The primitives provided include:
- Symmetric-key ciphers: AES, DES, Triple-DES, ARCfour, in ECB, CBC, CFB and OFB modes.
- Public-key cryptography: RSA encryption, Diffie-Hellman key agreement.
- Hash functions and MACs: SHA-1, MD5, and MACs based on AES and DES.
- Random number generation.
- Encodings and compression: base 64, hexadecimal, Zlib compression.
Additional ciphers and hashes can easily be used in conjunction with the library. In particular, basic mechanisms such as chaining modes, output buffering, and padding are provided by generic classes that can easily be composed with user-provided ciphers. More generally, the library promotes a “Lego”-like style of constructing and composing transformations over character streams.
This package provides just the shared library for Cryptokit.
There are three methods to install libcryptokit-ocaml on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libcryptokit-ocaml Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcryptokit-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcryptokit-ocaml
Install libcryptokit-ocaml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcryptokit-ocaml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcryptokit-ocaml
Install libcryptokit-ocaml 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 libcryptokit-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcryptokit-ocaml
How To Uninstall libcryptokit-ocaml on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libcryptokit-ocaml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcryptokit-ocaml
Uninstall libcryptokit-ocaml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcryptokit-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcryptokit-ocaml
Remove libcryptokit-ocaml Configurations and Data
To remove libcryptokit-ocaml configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcryptokit-ocaml
Remove libcryptokit-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcryptokit-ocaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcryptokit-ocaml
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcryptokit-ocaml package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
