How To Install libssh-gcrypt-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libssh-gcrypt-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libssh-gcrypt-dev
libssh-gcrypt-dev is:
The ssh library was designed to be used by programmers needing a working SSH implementation by the mean of a library. The complete control of the client is made by the programmer. With libssh, you can remotely execute programs, transfer files, use a secure and transparent tunnel for your remote programs. With its SFTP implementation, you can play with remote files easily.
This package contains development files to build the gcrypt flavor.
Package: libssh-gcrypt-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.9.3-2ubuntu2 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: libssh Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Laurent Bigonville [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1249 Depends: libgcrypt-dev, libssh-gcrypt-4 (= 0.9.3-2ubuntu2), zlib1g-dev Suggests: libssh-doc Conflicts: libssh-dev Filename: pool/main/libs/libssh/libssh-gcrypt-dev_0.9.3-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 253680 MD5sum: a6aeef1ec0c8c45b5e2f9f5cf45e20cc SHA1: b1d4595389c0caa8246172b9f7c9315ef6f22ee9 SHA256: 3cd8da58f38f918abf01b5e65421abd12aa48bdbb5c1e5715d6163b3c934b3b8 Homepage: https://www.libssh.org/ Description-en: tiny C SSH library - Development files (gcrypt flavor) The ssh library was designed to be used by programmers needing a working SSH implementation by the mean of a library. The complete control of the client is made by the programmer. With libssh, you can remotely execute programs, transfer files, use a secure and transparent tunnel for your remote programs. With its SFTP implementation, you can play with remote files easily.
This package contains development files to build the gcrypt flavor.
There are three methods to install libssh-gcrypt-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libssh-gcrypt-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 libssh-gcrypt-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libssh-gcrypt-dev
Install libssh-gcrypt-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libssh-gcrypt-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libssh-gcrypt-dev
Install libssh-gcrypt-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libssh-gcrypt-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libssh-gcrypt-dev
How To Uninstall libssh-gcrypt-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libssh-gcrypt-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libssh-gcrypt-dev
Uninstall libssh-gcrypt-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libssh-gcrypt-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libssh-gcrypt-dev
Remove libssh-gcrypt-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libssh-gcrypt-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libssh-gcrypt-dev
Remove libssh-gcrypt-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libssh-gcrypt-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libssh-gcrypt-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libssh-gcrypt-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
