How To Install libmbedcrypto3 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmbedcrypto3 on Debian 11.
What is libmbedcrypto3
libmbedcrypto3 is:
mbed TLS (formerly known as PolarSSL) is a lean open source crypto library for providing SSL and TLS support in your programs. It offers an intuitive API and documented header files, so you can actually understand what the code does. It features:
- Symmetric algorithms, like AES, Blowfish, Triple-DES, DES, ARC4, Camellia and XTEA
- Hash algorithms, like SHA-1, SHA-2, RIPEMD-160 and MD5
- Entropy pool and random generators, like CTR-DRBG and HMAC-DRBG
- Public key algorithms, like RSA, Elliptic Curves, Diffie-Hellman, ECDSA and ECDH
- TLS 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2
- Abstraction layers for ciphers, hashes, public key operations, platform abstraction and threading
This package contains the shared library handling cryptography.
There are three methods to install libmbedcrypto3 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmbedcrypto3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmbedcrypto3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmbedcrypto3
Install libmbedcrypto3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmbedcrypto3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmbedcrypto3
Install libmbedcrypto3 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 libmbedcrypto3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmbedcrypto3
How To Uninstall libmbedcrypto3 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libmbedcrypto3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmbedcrypto3
Uninstall libmbedcrypto3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmbedcrypto3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmbedcrypto3
Remove libmbedcrypto3 Configurations and Data
To remove libmbedcrypto3 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmbedcrypto3
Remove libmbedcrypto3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmbedcrypto3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmbedcrypto3
Dependencies
libmbedcrypto3 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmbedcrypto3 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
