How To Install libb2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libb2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libb2-dev
libb2-dev is:
The BLAKE2 family of hash functions is an improved version of the SHA-3 finalist BLAKE.
BLAKE2b is optimized for 64-bit platforms and produces up to 64 bytes of output; BLAKE2s is optimized for 32-bit platforms and produces up to 32 bytes of output.
BLAKE2bp and BLAKE2sp are parallel versions of BLAKE2b and BLAKE2s designed for increased performance on multicore and large-vector SIMD processors.
libb2 provides a portable implementation of BLAKE2, optimized implementations for IA-32 and AMD64 processors, and an interface layer that automatically selects the best implementation for the processor it is run on.
This package contains the development files for libb2.
There are three methods to install libb2-dev 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 libb2-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 libb2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libb2-dev
Install libb2-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libb2-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libb2-dev
Install libb2-dev 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 libb2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libb2-dev
How To Uninstall libb2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libb2-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libb2-dev
Uninstall libb2-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libb2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libb2-dev
Remove libb2-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libb2-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libb2-dev
Remove libb2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libb2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libb2-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libb2-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
