How To Install libipsec-mb on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libipsec-mb on Ubuntu 18.04. libipsec-mb is Intel(R) Multi-Buffer Crypto for IPSec library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libipsec-mb on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libipsec-mb

libipsec-mb is:

Libipsec-mb is highly-optimized software implementations of the core cryptographic processing for IPsec, which provides industry-leading performance on a range of Intel(R) Processors.

There are three methods to install libipsec-mb 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 libipsec-mb Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libipsec-mb

Install libipsec-mb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libipsec-mb

Install libipsec-mb 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 libipsec-mb using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libipsec-mb

How To Uninstall libipsec-mb on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libipsec-mb package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libipsec-mb

Uninstall libipsec-mb And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libipsec-mb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libipsec-mb

Remove libipsec-mb Configurations and Data

To remove libipsec-mb configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libipsec-mb

Remove libipsec-mb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libipsec-mb

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libipsec-mb package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.