How To Install libmbedtls12 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmbedtls12 on Debian 11.
What is libmbedtls12
libmbedtls12 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 libmbedtls12 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 libmbedtls12 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmbedtls12 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmbedtls12
Install libmbedtls12 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmbedtls12 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmbedtls12
Install libmbedtls12 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 libmbedtls12 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmbedtls12
How To Uninstall libmbedtls12 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libmbedtls12 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmbedtls12
Uninstall libmbedtls12 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmbedtls12 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmbedtls12
Remove libmbedtls12 Configurations and Data
To remove libmbedtls12 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmbedtls12
Remove libmbedtls12 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmbedtls12 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmbedtls12
Dependencies
libmbedtls12 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmbedtls12 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
