How To Install libhighwayhash-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhighwayhash-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libhighwayhash-dev
libhighwayhash-dev is:
Highwayhash provides three ‘strong’ (well-distributed and unpredictable) hash functions: a faster version of SipHash, a data-parallel variant of SipHash using tree hashing, and an even faster algorithm called HighwayHash.
SipHash is a fast but ‘cryptographically strong’ pseudo-random function by Aumasson and Bernstein [https://www.131002.net/siphash/siphash.pdf].
SipTreeHash slices inputs into 8-byte packets and computes their SipHash in parallel, which is faster when processing at least 96 bytes.
HighwayHash is a new way of mixing inputs which may inspire new cryptographically strong hashes. Large inputs are processed at a rate of 0.3 cycles per byte, and latency remains low even for small inputs. HighwayHash is faster than SipHash for all input sizes, with about 3.8 times higher throughput at 1 KiB.
This package ships the static library and development files.
There are three methods to install libhighwayhash-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 libhighwayhash-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libhighwayhash-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libhighwayhash-devInstall libhighwayhash-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libhighwayhash-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libhighwayhash-devInstall libhighwayhash-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 libhighwayhash-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libhighwayhash-devHow To Uninstall libhighwayhash-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libhighwayhash-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libhighwayhash-devUninstall libhighwayhash-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libhighwayhash-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhighwayhash-devRemove libhighwayhash-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libhighwayhash-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libhighwayhash-devRemove libhighwayhash-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libhighwayhash-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhighwayhash-devDependencies
libhighwayhash-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhighwayhash-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.