How To Install libmbedtls-doc on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmbedtls-doc
on Debian 10.
What is libmbedtls-doc
libmbedtls-doc 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 API documentation.
There are three methods to install libmbedtls-doc
on Debian 10. 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-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmbedtls-doc
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmbedtls-doc
Install libmbedtls-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmbedtls-doc
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmbedtls-doc
Install libmbedtls-doc 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 libmbedtls-doc
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmbedtls-doc
How To Uninstall libmbedtls-doc on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libmbedtls-doc
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmbedtls-doc
Uninstall libmbedtls-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmbedtls-doc
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmbedtls-doc
Remove libmbedtls-doc Configurations and Data
To remove libmbedtls-doc
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmbedtls-doc
Remove libmbedtls-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmbedtls-doc
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmbedtls-doc
Dependencies
libmbedtls-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmbedtls-doc
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.