How To Install libscrypt-kdf-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libscrypt-kdf-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libscrypt-kdf-dev
libscrypt-kdf-dev is:
A simple password-based encryption utility which demonstrates the scrypt key derivation function. On modern hardware and with default parameters, the cost of cracking the password on a file encrypted by scrypt enc is approximately 100 billion times more than the cost of cracking the same password on a file encrypted by openssl enc; this means that a five-character password using scrypt is stronger than a ten-character password using openssl.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libscrypt-kdf-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libscrypt-kdf-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 libscrypt-kdf-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libscrypt-kdf-dev
Install libscrypt-kdf-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libscrypt-kdf-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libscrypt-kdf-dev
Install libscrypt-kdf-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 libscrypt-kdf-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libscrypt-kdf-dev
How To Uninstall libscrypt-kdf-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libscrypt-kdf-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libscrypt-kdf-dev
Uninstall libscrypt-kdf-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libscrypt-kdf-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libscrypt-kdf-dev
Remove libscrypt-kdf-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libscrypt-kdf-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libscrypt-kdf-dev
Remove libscrypt-kdf-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libscrypt-kdf-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libscrypt-kdf-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libscrypt-kdf-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.