How To Install libequihash0 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libequihash0 on Debian 12.
What is libequihash0
libequihash0 is:
Equihash implements the algorith as described in “Equihash: Asymmetric Proof-of-Work Based on the Generalized Birthday Problem” by Alex Biryukov and Dmitry Khovratovich, 2016, DOI:10.14722/ndss.2016.23108. This code, by Stefan Marsiske, is a fork of an earlier implementation by Khovratovich at https://github.com/khovratovich/equihash/ . The cryptographic password storage SPHINX (pwdsphinx and libsphinx) depend upon equihash.
This library contains an optimized C++ implementation.
There are three methods to install libequihash0 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libequihash0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libequihash0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libequihash0
Install libequihash0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libequihash0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libequihash0
Install libequihash0 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 libequihash0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libequihash0
How To Uninstall libequihash0 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libequihash0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libequihash0
Uninstall libequihash0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libequihash0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libequihash0
Remove libequihash0 Configurations and Data
To remove libequihash0 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libequihash0
Remove libequihash0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libequihash0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libequihash0
Dependencies
libequihash0 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libequihash0 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
