How To Install idecrypt on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install idecrypt on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is idecrypt
idecrypt is:
This package contains the idecrypt(8) utility which is used to decrypt encrypted responses from a pidentd server with DES encryption turned on.
There are three methods to install idecrypt 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 idecrypt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install idecrypt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install idecrypt
Install idecrypt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install idecrypt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install idecrypt
Install idecrypt 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 idecrypt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install idecrypt
How To Uninstall idecrypt on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the idecrypt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove idecrypt
Uninstall idecrypt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall idecrypt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove idecrypt
Remove idecrypt Configurations and Data
To remove idecrypt configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge idecrypt
Remove idecrypt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove idecrypt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge idecrypt
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install idecrypt package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
