How To Install libmd-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmd-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libmd-dev is message digest functions from BSD systems - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmd-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is `libmd-dev`

libmd-dev is:

This package contains the header files and static library needed to compile applications that use libmd.

The currently provided hashing algorithms are:

MD2
MD4
MD5
RIPEMD-160
SHA-1
SHA-2 (SHA-256, SHA-384 and SHA-512)

There are three methods to install libmd-dev 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 libmd-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmd-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmd-dev

Install libmd-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmd-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmd-dev

Install libmd-dev 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 libmd-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmd-dev

How To Uninstall libmd-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libmd-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmd-dev

Uninstall libmd-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmd-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmd-dev

Remove libmd-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libmd-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmd-dev

Remove libmd-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmd-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmd-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmd-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.