How To Install libmirage-crypto-ocaml on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmirage-crypto-ocaml on Debian 12.
What is libmirage-crypto-ocaml
libmirage-crypto-ocaml is:
Mirage-crypto provides symmetric ciphers (DES, AES, RC4, ChaCha20/Poly1305), and hashes (MD5, SHA-1, SHA-2).
Mirage-crypto-rng provides a random number generator interface, and implementations: Fortuna, HMAC-DRBG, getrandom/getentropy based (in the unix sublibrary).
Mirage-crypto-pk provides public-key cryptography (RSA, DSA, DH).
Mirage-crypto-ec provides an implementation of key exchange (ECDH) and digital signature (ECDSA/EdDSA) algorithms using code from Fiat (https://github.com/mit-plv/fiat-crypto). The curves P224 (SECP224R1), P256 (SECP256R1), P384 (SECP384R1), P521 (SECP521R1), and 25519 (X25519, Ed25519) are implemented by this package.
This package contains the shared runtime libraries.
There are three methods to install libmirage-crypto-ocaml 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 libmirage-crypto-ocaml Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmirage-crypto-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmirage-crypto-ocaml
Install libmirage-crypto-ocaml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmirage-crypto-ocaml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmirage-crypto-ocaml
Install libmirage-crypto-ocaml 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 libmirage-crypto-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmirage-crypto-ocaml
How To Uninstall libmirage-crypto-ocaml on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libmirage-crypto-ocaml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmirage-crypto-ocaml
Uninstall libmirage-crypto-ocaml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmirage-crypto-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmirage-crypto-ocaml
Remove libmirage-crypto-ocaml Configurations and Data
To remove libmirage-crypto-ocaml configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmirage-crypto-ocaml
Remove libmirage-crypto-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmirage-crypto-ocaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmirage-crypto-ocaml
Dependencies
libmirage-crypto-ocaml have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libcstruct-ocaml-ljuo2
- libduration-ocaml-cx9l2
- libeqaf-ocaml-igac0
- liblogs-ocaml-o9wc2
- liblwt-ocaml-py3u4
- libmtime-ocaml-6lsc2
- libsexplib0-ocaml-dj6s4
- libzarith-ocaml-4dps0
- ocaml-base-4.13.1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmirage-crypto-ocaml package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
