How To Install gostsum on Debian 12

Learn how to install gostsum on Debian 12 with this tutorial. gostsum is Utility to compute GOST hashes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gostsum on Debian 12.

What is gostsum

gostsum is:

This package contain utilities to compute GOST hashsums gostsum - computes GOST R 34.11-94 hash gost12sum - computes GOST R 34.11-2012 hash

There are three methods to install gostsum on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gostsum Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gostsum

Install gostsum Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gostsum

Install gostsum 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 gostsum using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gostsum

How To Uninstall gostsum on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove gostsum

Uninstall gostsum And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gostsum and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gostsum

Remove gostsum Configurations and Data

To remove gostsum configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gostsum

Remove gostsum configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gostsum

Dependencies

gostsum have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gostsum package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.