How To Install libgfshare-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgfshare-dev on Debian 9. libgfshare-dev is library for multi-way secret-sharing (headers)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgfshare-dev on Debian 9.

What is libgfshare-dev

libgfshare-dev is:

This library implements Shamir’s method for secret sharing, which can be used to split a secret (like a GPG secret key) into multiple parts, so that at least some number of those parts are needed to recover the original file, but any smaller combination of parts is useless to an attacker.

This package contains header files and static libraries, needed to compile programs that use libgfshare.

There are three methods to install libgfshare-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgfshare-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 libgfshare-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgfshare-dev

Install libgfshare-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgfshare-dev

Install libgfshare-dev 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 libgfshare-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgfshare-dev

How To Uninstall libgfshare-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libgfshare-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgfshare-dev

Uninstall libgfshare-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgfshare-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgfshare-dev

Remove libgfshare-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libgfshare-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgfshare-dev

Remove libgfshare-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgfshare-dev

Dependencies

libgfshare-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgfshare-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.