How To Install libmhash2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmhash2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmhash2
libmhash2 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).
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install libmhash2 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 libmhash2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmhash2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmhash2
Install libmhash2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmhash2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmhash2
Install libmhash2 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 libmhash2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmhash2
How To Uninstall libmhash2 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmhash2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmhash2
Uninstall libmhash2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmhash2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmhash2
Remove libmhash2 Configurations and Data
To remove libmhash2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmhash2
Remove libmhash2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmhash2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmhash2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmhash2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
