How To Install libgnutls-openssl27 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libgnutls-openssl27 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libgnutls-openssl27 is GNU TLS library - OpenSSL wrapper

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnutls-openssl27 on Debian 10.

What is libgnutls-openssl27

libgnutls-openssl27 is:

GnuTLS is a portable library which implements the Transport Layer Security (TLS 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3) and Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS 1.0, 1.2) protocols.

GnuTLS features support for:

  • certificate path validation, as well as DANE and trust on first use.
  • the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP).
  • public key methods, including RSA and Elliptic curves, as well as password and key authentication methods such as SRP and PSK protocols.
  • all the strong encryption algorithms, including AES and Camellia.
  • CPU-assisted cryptography with VIA padlock and AES-NI instruction sets.
  • HSMs and cryptographic tokens, via PKCS #11.

This package contains the runtime library of the GnuTLS OpenSSL wrapper.

There are three methods to install libgnutls-openssl27 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgnutls-openssl27 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgnutls-openssl27 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgnutls-openssl27

Install libgnutls-openssl27 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgnutls-openssl27 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgnutls-openssl27

Install libgnutls-openssl27 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 libgnutls-openssl27 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgnutls-openssl27

How To Uninstall libgnutls-openssl27 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libgnutls-openssl27 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgnutls-openssl27

Uninstall libgnutls-openssl27 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgnutls-openssl27 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgnutls-openssl27

Remove libgnutls-openssl27 Configurations and Data

To remove libgnutls-openssl27 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgnutls-openssl27

Remove libgnutls-openssl27 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgnutls-openssl27 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgnutls-openssl27

Dependencies

libgnutls-openssl27 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnutls-openssl27 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.