How To Install libargon2-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libargon2-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libargon2-dev

libargon2-dev 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 contains headers and libraries for developing program based on argon2.

There are three methods to install libargon2-dev on Kali Linux. 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-dev 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-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libargon2-dev

Install libargon2-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libargon2-dev

Install libargon2-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libargon2-dev

How To Uninstall libargon2-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libargon2-dev

Uninstall libargon2-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libargon2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libargon2-dev

Remove libargon2-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libargon2-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libargon2-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libargon2-dev have the following dependencies:

• libargon2-1

References

• libargon2-dev website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libargon2-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.