How To Install libnacl-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnacl-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libnacl-dev
libnacl-dev is:
NaCl (pronounced “salt”) is a new easy-to-use high-speed software library for network communication, encryption, decryption, signatures, etc. NaCl’s goal is to provide all of the core operations needed to build higher-level cryptographic tools. This package contains header and library files needed for software development that makes use of NaCl.
There are three methods to install libnacl-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 libnacl-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 libnacl-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnacl-dev
Install libnacl-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnacl-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnacl-dev
Install libnacl-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 libnacl-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnacl-dev
How To Uninstall libnacl-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libnacl-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnacl-dev
Uninstall libnacl-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnacl-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnacl-dev
Remove libnacl-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libnacl-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnacl-dev
Remove libnacl-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnacl-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnacl-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnacl-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
