How To Install libmbedtls14 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libmbedtls14 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libmbedtls14 is lightweight crypto and SSL/TLS library - tls library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmbedtls14 on Debian 12.

What is libmbedtls14

libmbedtls14 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 TLS.

There are three methods to install libmbedtls14 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libmbedtls14 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmbedtls14 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmbedtls14

Install libmbedtls14 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmbedtls14 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmbedtls14

Install libmbedtls14 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 libmbedtls14 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmbedtls14

How To Uninstall libmbedtls14 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libmbedtls14 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmbedtls14

Uninstall libmbedtls14 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmbedtls14 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmbedtls14

Remove libmbedtls14 Configurations and Data

To remove libmbedtls14 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmbedtls14

Remove libmbedtls14 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmbedtls14 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmbedtls14

Dependencies

libmbedtls14 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmbedtls14 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.