How To Install argon2 on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install argon2 on Debian 11. argon2 is memory-hard hashing function - utility

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install argon2 on Debian 11.

What is argon2

argon2 is:

Argon2 is a password-hashing function that can be used to hash passwords for credential storage, key derivation, or other applications.

There are two main versions of Argon2: Argon2i and Argon2d. Argon2i is the safest against side-channel attacks, while Argon2d provides the highest resistance against GPU cracking attacks.

Argon2i and Argon2d are parametrized by:

  • A time cost, which defines the amount of computation realized and therefore the execution time, given in number of iterations
  • A memory cost, which defines the memory usage, given in kibibytes
  • A parallelism degree, which defines the number of parallel threads

This package contains the argon2 tool for hashing data on the command-line.

There are three methods to install argon2 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install argon2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install argon2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install argon2

Install argon2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install argon2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install argon2

Install argon2 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 argon2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install argon2

How To Uninstall argon2 on Debian 11

To uninstall only the argon2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove argon2

Uninstall argon2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall argon2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove argon2

Remove argon2 Configurations and Data

To remove argon2 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge argon2

Remove argon2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove argon2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge argon2

Dependencies

argon2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install argon2 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.