How To Install libgcrypt20 on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgcrypt20 on Debian 11. libgcrypt20 is LGPL Crypto library - runtime library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgcrypt20 on Debian 11.

What is libgcrypt20

libgcrypt20 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.)

There are three methods to install libgcrypt20 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgcrypt20 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgcrypt20 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgcrypt20

Install libgcrypt20 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgcrypt20 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgcrypt20

Install libgcrypt20 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 libgcrypt20 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgcrypt20

How To Uninstall libgcrypt20 on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libgcrypt20 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgcrypt20

Uninstall libgcrypt20 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgcrypt20 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgcrypt20

Remove libgcrypt20 Configurations and Data

To remove libgcrypt20 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgcrypt20

Remove libgcrypt20 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgcrypt20 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgcrypt20

Dependencies

libgcrypt20 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgcrypt20 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.