How To Install libgringotts-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgringotts-dev on Debian 9. libgringotts-dev is development files for the gringotts data encapsulation library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgringotts-dev on Debian 9.

What is libgringotts-dev

libgringotts-dev is:

A small, easy-to-use, thread-safe C library originally developed for Gringotts; its purpose is to encapsulate data (generic: ASCII but also binary data) in an encrypted and compressed file. It uses strong encryption algorithms, to ensure the data is as safe as possible, and allows the user to have the complete control over all the algorithms used in the process.

For encryptions, libgringotts makes use of the MCrypt and MHash C libraries by Nikos Mavroyanopoulos.

This package contains the headers files needed for software development using the libgringotts data encapsulation library.

There are three methods to install libgringotts-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgringotts-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 libgringotts-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgringotts-dev

Install libgringotts-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgringotts-dev

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

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libgringotts-dev

How To Uninstall libgringotts-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libgringotts-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgringotts-dev

Uninstall libgringotts-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgringotts-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgringotts-dev

Remove libgringotts-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libgringotts-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgringotts-dev

Remove libgringotts-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgringotts-dev

Dependencies

libgringotts-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgringotts-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.