How To Install libsecp256k1-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsecp256k1-dev
on Debian 10.
What is libsecp256k1-dev
libsecp256k1-dev is:
An optimized C library for EC operations on curve secp256k1.
NB! This library is a work in progress and is being used to research best practices. Use at your own risk.
Features:
- secp256k1 ECDSA signing/verification and key generation.
- Adding/multiplying private/public keys.
- Serialization/parsing of private keys, public keys, signatures.
- Constant time, constant memory access signing and pubkey generation.
- Derandomized DSA (via RFC6979 or with a caller provided function.)
- Very efficient implementation.
This package provides header files for developing your applications to use libbitcoin template engine.
There are three methods to install libsecp256k1-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 libsecp256k1-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 libsecp256k1-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsecp256k1-dev
Install libsecp256k1-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsecp256k1-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsecp256k1-dev
Install libsecp256k1-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 libsecp256k1-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsecp256k1-dev
How To Uninstall libsecp256k1-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libsecp256k1-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsecp256k1-dev
Uninstall libsecp256k1-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsecp256k1-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsecp256k1-dev
Remove libsecp256k1-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsecp256k1-dev
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsecp256k1-dev
Remove libsecp256k1-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsecp256k1-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsecp256k1-dev
Dependencies
libsecp256k1-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsecp256k1-dev
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.