How To Install libtomcrypt0 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtomcrypt0 on Debian 9. libtomcrypt0 is public domain open source cryptographic toolkit

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtomcrypt0 on Debian 9.

What is libtomcrypt0

libtomcrypt0 is:

LibTomCrypt is a well documented, public domain open source cryptographic toolkit written in C. It supports lots of block ciphers (Blowfish, Twofish, AES, XTEA, …), chaining modes (ECB, CBC, OFB, CFB, CTR, …), hash functions (MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, RIPE-MD, …), HMAC mechanisms, pseudo-random number generators and public key algorithms. It has several optimizations for the i386, x86_64 and ppc32 architectures.

There are three methods to install libtomcrypt0 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 libtomcrypt0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libtomcrypt0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libtomcrypt0

Install libtomcrypt0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libtomcrypt0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libtomcrypt0

Install libtomcrypt0 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 libtomcrypt0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libtomcrypt0

How To Uninstall libtomcrypt0 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libtomcrypt0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libtomcrypt0

Uninstall libtomcrypt0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libtomcrypt0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtomcrypt0

Remove libtomcrypt0 Configurations and Data

To remove libtomcrypt0 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libtomcrypt0

Remove libtomcrypt0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libtomcrypt0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtomcrypt0

Dependencies

libtomcrypt0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtomcrypt0 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.