How To Install libmhash-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmhash-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmhash-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
