How To Install bcrypt on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bcrypt
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is bcrypt
bcrypt is:
WARNING: decrypt-only Debian package. Encryption disabled. See http://bugs.debian.org/700758. Bcrypt is a cross platform file encryption utility. Encrypted files are portable across all supported operating systems and processors. In addition to encrypting your data, bcrypt will by default overwrite the original input file with random garbage three times before deleting it in order to thwart data recovery attempts by persons who may gain access to your computer. Bcrypt uses the blowfish encryption algorithm published by Bruce Schneier in
There are three methods to install bcrypt
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bcrypt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bcrypt
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bcrypt
Install bcrypt Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bcrypt
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bcrypt
Install bcrypt 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 bcrypt
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bcrypt
How To Uninstall bcrypt on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the bcrypt
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bcrypt
Uninstall bcrypt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bcrypt
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bcrypt
Remove bcrypt Configurations and Data
To remove bcrypt
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bcrypt
Remove bcrypt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bcrypt
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bcrypt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bcrypt
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.