How To Install botan on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install botan on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is botan
botan is:
Botan is a C++ library which provides support for many common cryptographic operations, including encryption, authentication, and X.509v3 certificates and CRLs. A wide variety of algorithms is supported, including RSA, DSA, DES, AES, MD5, and SHA-1.
This package contains the 2.x version of Botan.
There are three methods to install botan 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 botan Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install botan using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install botan
Install botan Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install botan using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install botan
Install botan 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 botan using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install botan
How To Uninstall botan on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the botan package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove botan
Uninstall botan And Its Dependencies
To uninstall botan and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove botan
Remove botan Configurations and Data
To remove botan configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge botan
Remove botan configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove botan configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge botan
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install botan package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.