How To Install libgcrypt11-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgcrypt11-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgcrypt11-dev
libgcrypt11-dev is:
This is a transitional dummy package to ease the migration from libgcrypt11-dev to libgcrypt20-dev. You can safely remove this package.
There are three methods to install libgcrypt11-dev 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 libgcrypt11-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgcrypt11-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgcrypt11-dev
Install libgcrypt11-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgcrypt11-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgcrypt11-dev
Install libgcrypt11-dev 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 libgcrypt11-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgcrypt11-dev
How To Uninstall libgcrypt11-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgcrypt11-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgcrypt11-dev
Uninstall libgcrypt11-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgcrypt11-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgcrypt11-dev
Remove libgcrypt11-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgcrypt11-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgcrypt11-dev
Remove libgcrypt11-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgcrypt11-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgcrypt11-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgcrypt11-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
