How To Install librhash0 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install librhash0 on Debian 9. librhash0 is shared library for hash functions computing

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librhash0 on Debian 9.

What is librhash0

librhash0 is:

LibRHash is a professional, portable, thread-safe C library for computing magnet links and a wide variety of hash sums, such as CRC32, MD4, MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA512, AICH, ED2K, Tiger, DC++ TTH, BitTorrent BTIH, GOST R 34.11-94, RIPEMD-160, HAS-160, EDON-R, Whirlpool and Snefru. Hash sums are used to ensure and verify integrity of large volumes of data for a long-term storing or transferring.

Features:

  • Small and easy to learn interface.
  • Hi-level and Low-level API.
  • Allows calculating of several hash functions simultaneously.
  • Portability: the library works on Linux, *BSD and Windows.

There are three methods to install librhash0 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install librhash0 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install librhash0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librhash0

Install librhash0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librhash0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librhash0

Install librhash0 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 librhash0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librhash0

How To Uninstall librhash0 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the librhash0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librhash0

Uninstall librhash0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librhash0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librhash0

Remove librhash0 Configurations and Data

To remove librhash0 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librhash0

Remove librhash0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librhash0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librhash0

Dependencies

librhash0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librhash0 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.