How To Install libmbedtls10 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmbedtls10 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmbedtls10
libmbedtls10 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 TLS.
There are three methods to install libmbedtls10 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 libmbedtls10 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmbedtls10 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmbedtls10
Install libmbedtls10 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmbedtls10 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmbedtls10
Install libmbedtls10 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 libmbedtls10 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmbedtls10
How To Uninstall libmbedtls10 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmbedtls10 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmbedtls10
Uninstall libmbedtls10 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmbedtls10 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmbedtls10
Remove libmbedtls10 Configurations and Data
To remove libmbedtls10 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmbedtls10
Remove libmbedtls10 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmbedtls10 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmbedtls10
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmbedtls10 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
