How To Install libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev

libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev is:

libgcrypt contains cryptographic functions. Many important free ciphers, hash algorithms and public key signing algorithms have been implemented:

Arcfour, Blowfish, CAST5, DES, AES, Twofish, Serpent, rfc2268 (rc2), SEED, Poly1305, Camellia, ChaCha20, IDEA, Salsa, Blake-2, CRC, MD2, MD4, MD5, RIPE-MD160, SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-512, SHA3-224, SHA3-256, SHA3-384, SHA3-512, SHAKE128, SHAKE256, Tiger, Whirlpool, DSA, DSA2, ElGamal, RSA, ECC (Curve25519, sec256k1, GOST R 34.10-2001 and GOST R 34.10-2012, etc.)

This is a Windows version of libgcrypt. It’s meant to be used when cross-building software that targets the Windows platform, e.g. the win32-loader component of Debian-Installer.

There are three methods to install libgcrypt-mingw-w64-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 libgcrypt-mingw-w64-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 libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev

Install libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev

Install libgcrypt-mingw-w64-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 libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev

How To Uninstall libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev

Uninstall libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev

Remove libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev

Remove libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev

Dependencies

libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev have the following dependencies:

• libgpg-error-mingw-w64-dev

References

• libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.