How To Install libargon2-1 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libargon2-1 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libargon2-1 is memory-hard hashing function - runtime library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libargon2-1 on Debian 10.

What is libargon2-1

libargon2-1 is:

Argon2 is a password-hashing function that can be used to hash passwords for credential storage, key derivation, or other applications.

There are two main versions of Argon2: Argon2i and Argon2d. Argon2i is the safest against side-channel attacks, while Argon2d provides the highest resistance against GPU cracking attacks.

Argon2i and Argon2d are parametrized by:

  • A time cost, which defines the amount of computation realized and therefore the execution time, given in number of iterations
  • A memory cost, which defines the memory usage, given in kibibytes
  • A parallelism degree, which defines the number of parallel threads

This package includes the dynamic library against which programs are linked.

There are three methods to install libargon2-1 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libargon2-1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libargon2-1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libargon2-1

Install libargon2-1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libargon2-1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libargon2-1

Install libargon2-1 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 libargon2-1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libargon2-1

How To Uninstall libargon2-1 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libargon2-1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libargon2-1

Uninstall libargon2-1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libargon2-1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libargon2-1

Remove libargon2-1 Configurations and Data

To remove libargon2-1 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libargon2-1

Remove libargon2-1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libargon2-1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libargon2-1

Dependencies

libargon2-1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libargon2-1 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.