How To Install libksba-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libksba-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libksba-dev
libksba-dev is:
KSBA (pronounced Kasbah) is a library to make X.509 certificates as well as the CMS easily accessible by other applications. Both specifications are building blocks of S/MIME and TLS.
KSBA provides these subsystems: ASN.1 Parser, BER Decoder, BER Encoder, Certificate Handling and CMS Handling.
This package contains the development library files.
There are three methods to install libksba-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 libksba-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 libksba-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libksba-dev
Install libksba-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libksba-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libksba-dev
Install libksba-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 libksba-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libksba-dev
How To Uninstall libksba-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libksba-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libksba-dev
Uninstall libksba-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libksba-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libksba-dev
Remove libksba-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libksba-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libksba-dev
Remove libksba-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libksba-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libksba-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libksba-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
