How To Install libkcapi-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libkcapi-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libkcapi-dev is Development files for Linux Kernel Crypto API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkcapi-dev on Debian 10.

What is libkcapi-dev

libkcapi-dev 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.

This package contains development files needed to build libkcapi applications.

There are three methods to install libkcapi-dev 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 libkcapi-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 libkcapi-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libkcapi-dev

Install libkcapi-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libkcapi-dev

Install libkcapi-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 libkcapi-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libkcapi-dev

How To Uninstall libkcapi-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libkcapi-dev

Uninstall libkcapi-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkcapi-dev

Remove libkcapi-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libkcapi-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libkcapi-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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