How To Install libmbedtls-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmbedtls-dev
on Kali Linux.
What is libmbedtls-dev
libmbedtls-dev 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 header files and static libraries for mbed TLS.
There are three methods to install libmbedtls-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 libmbedtls-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install libmbedtls-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install libmbedtls-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install libmbedtls-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
Install libmbedtls-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.
After updating apt database, We can install libmbedtls-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall libmbedtls-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libmbedtls-dev
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall libmbedtls-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmbedtls-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove libmbedtls-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmbedtls-dev
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove libmbedtls-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmbedtls-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
libmbedtls-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmbedtls-dev
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.