How To Install libotr5-bin on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libotr5-bin
on Debian 11.
What is libotr5-bin
libotr5-bin is:
OTR allows you to have private conversations over IM by providing:
- Encryption
- No one else can read your instant messages.
- Authentication
- You are assured the correspondent is who you think it is.
- Deniability
- The messages you send do not have digital signatures that are checkable by a third party. Anyone can forge messages after a conversation to make them look like they came from you. However, during a conversation, your correspondent is assured the messages they see are authentic and unmodified.
- Perfect forward secrecy
- If you lose control of your private keys, no previous conversation is compromised.
This package contains the program files for the OTR library.
There are three methods to install libotr5-bin
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libotr5-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libotr5-bin
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libotr5-bin
Install libotr5-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libotr5-bin
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libotr5-bin
Install libotr5-bin 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 libotr5-bin
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libotr5-bin
How To Uninstall libotr5-bin on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libotr5-bin
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libotr5-bin
Uninstall libotr5-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libotr5-bin
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libotr5-bin
Remove libotr5-bin Configurations and Data
To remove libotr5-bin
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libotr5-bin
Remove libotr5-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libotr5-bin
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libotr5-bin
Dependencies
libotr5-bin have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libotr5-bin
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.