How To Install libmbedtls12 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmbedtls12 on Kali Linux. libmbedtls12 is lightweight crypto and SSL/TLS library - tls library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmbedtls12 on Kali Linux.

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 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 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmbedtls12

Remove libmbedtls12 Configurations and Data

To remove libmbedtls12 configuration and data from Kali Linux 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 Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.