How To Install libgcrypt20-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgcrypt20-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libgcrypt20-dev
libgcrypt20-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 package contains header files and libraries for static linking.
There are three methods to install libgcrypt20-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 libgcrypt20-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libgcrypt20-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgcrypt20-devInstall libgcrypt20-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libgcrypt20-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgcrypt20-devInstall libgcrypt20-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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libgcrypt20-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgcrypt20-devHow To Uninstall libgcrypt20-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libgcrypt20-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgcrypt20-devUninstall libgcrypt20-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgcrypt20-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgcrypt20-devRemove libgcrypt20-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgcrypt20-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgcrypt20-devRemove libgcrypt20-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgcrypt20-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgcrypt20-devDependencies
libgcrypt20-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgcrypt20-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.