How To Install libmbedcrypto0 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmbedcrypto0
on Debian 9.
What is libmbedcrypto0
libmbedcrypto0 is:
mbed TLS (formerly known as PolarSSL) is a lean open source crypto library for providing SSL and TLS support in your programs. It offers an intuitive API and documented header files, so you can actually understand what the code does. It features:
- Symmetric algorithms, like AES, Blowfish, Triple-DES, DES, ARC4, Camellia and XTEA
- Hash algorithms, like SHA-1, SHA-2, RIPEMD-160 and MD5
- Entropy pool and random generators, like CTR-DRBG and HMAC-DRBG
- Public key algorithms, like RSA, Elliptic Curves, Diffie-Hellman, ECDSA and ECDH
- TLS 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2
- Abstraction layers for ciphers, hashes, public key operations, platform abstraction and threading
This package contains the shared library handling cryptography.
There are three methods to install libmbedcrypto0
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 libmbedcrypto0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmbedcrypto0
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmbedcrypto0
Install libmbedcrypto0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmbedcrypto0
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmbedcrypto0
Install libmbedcrypto0 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 libmbedcrypto0
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmbedcrypto0
How To Uninstall libmbedcrypto0 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libmbedcrypto0
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmbedcrypto0
Uninstall libmbedcrypto0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmbedcrypto0
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmbedcrypto0
Remove libmbedcrypto0 Configurations and Data
To remove libmbedcrypto0
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmbedcrypto0
Remove libmbedcrypto0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmbedcrypto0
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmbedcrypto0
Dependencies
libmbedcrypto0 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmbedcrypto0
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.