How To Install libgringotts-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgringotts-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgringotts-dev
libgringotts-dev is:
A small, easy-to-use, thread-safe C library originally developed for Gringotts; its purpose is to encapsulate data (generic: ASCII but also binary data) in an encrypted and compressed file. It uses strong encryption algorithms, to ensure the data is as safe as possible, and allows the user to have the complete control over all the algorithms used in the process.
For encryptions, libgringotts makes use of the MCrypt and MHash C libraries by Nikos Mavroyanopoulos.
This package contains the headers files needed for software development using the libgringotts data encapsulation library.
There are three methods to install libgringotts-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgringotts-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 libgringotts-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgringotts-dev
Install libgringotts-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgringotts-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgringotts-dev
Install libgringotts-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libgringotts-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgringotts-dev
How To Uninstall libgringotts-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgringotts-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgringotts-dev
Uninstall libgringotts-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgringotts-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgringotts-dev
Remove libgringotts-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgringotts-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgringotts-dev
Remove libgringotts-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgringotts-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgringotts-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgringotts-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
