How To Install libmbedtls-doc on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmbedtls-doc on Debian 9. libmbedtls-doc is lightweight crypto and SSL/TLS library - documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmbedtls-doc on Debian 9.

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 9. 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 9

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 9, 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 9 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 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.