How To Install libmhash-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmhash-dev
on Debian 12.
What is libmhash-dev
libmhash-dev is:
Mhash is a library that provides a uniform interface to a large number of hash algorithms. These algorithms can be used to compute checksums, message digests, and other signatures. The HMAC support implements the basics for message authentication, following RFC 2104. Mhash also provides several key-generation algorithms, including those of OpenPGP (RFC 2440). Further information is available at http://mhash.sourceforge.net/.
This package contains header files, the man page, and the static library.
There are three methods to install libmhash-dev
on Debian 12. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmhash-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 libmhash-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmhash-dev
Install libmhash-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmhash-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmhash-dev
Install libmhash-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libmhash-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmhash-dev
How To Uninstall libmhash-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libmhash-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmhash-dev
Uninstall libmhash-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmhash-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmhash-dev
Remove libmhash-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmhash-dev
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmhash-dev
Remove libmhash-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmhash-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmhash-dev
Dependencies
libmhash-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmhash-dev
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.