How To Install cryptol on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptol on Debian 11.
What is cryptol
cryptol is:
Cryptol is a domain-specific language for specifying cryptographic algorithms. A Cryptol implementation of an algorithm resembles its mathematical specification more closely than an implementation in a general purpose language.
There are three methods to install cryptol 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 cryptol Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cryptol using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cryptol
Install cryptol Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cryptol using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cryptol
Install cryptol 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 cryptol using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cryptol
How To Uninstall cryptol on Debian 11
To uninstall only the cryptol package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cryptol
Uninstall cryptol And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cryptol and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cryptol
Remove cryptol Configurations and Data
To remove cryptol configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cryptol
Remove cryptol configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cryptol configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cryptol
Dependencies
cryptol have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptol package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
