How To Install libbytes-random-secure-perl on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbytes-random-secure-perl on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libbytes-random-secure-perl
libbytes-random-secure-perl is:
Bytes::Random::Secure provides two interfaces for obtaining crypt-quality random bytes. The simple interface is built around plain functions. For greater control over the Random Number Generator’s seeding, there is an Object Oriented interface that provides much more flexibility.
The “functions” interface provides five functions that can be used any time you need a string (or MIME Base64 representation, or hex-digits representation, or Quoted Printable representation) of a specific number of random bytes. There are equivalent methods available via the OO interface.
Bytes::Random::Secure can be a drop-in replacement for Bytes::Random, with the primary enhancement of using a much higher quality random number generator to create the random data. The random_bytes function emulates the user interface of Bytes::Random’s function by the same name. But with Bytes::Random::Secure the random number generator comes from Math::Random::ISAAC, and is suitable for cryptographic purposes. The harder problem to solve is how to seed the generator. This module uses Crypt::Random::Seed to generate the initial seeds for Math::Random::ISAAC.
There are three methods to install libbytes-random-secure-perl on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libbytes-random-secure-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libbytes-random-secure-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libbytes-random-secure-perl
Install libbytes-random-secure-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libbytes-random-secure-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libbytes-random-secure-perl
Install libbytes-random-secure-perl 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 libbytes-random-secure-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libbytes-random-secure-perl
How To Uninstall libbytes-random-secure-perl on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libbytes-random-secure-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libbytes-random-secure-perl
Uninstall libbytes-random-secure-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libbytes-random-secure-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbytes-random-secure-perl
Remove libbytes-random-secure-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libbytes-random-secure-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libbytes-random-secure-perl
Remove libbytes-random-secure-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libbytes-random-secure-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbytes-random-secure-perl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbytes-random-secure-perl package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.