How To Install libsrtp0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsrtp0 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsrtp0
libsrtp0 is:
SRTP is a security profile for RTP that adds confidentiality, message authentication, and replay protection to that protocol. It is specified in RFC 3711.
LibSRTP provides an implementation of the Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP), the Universal Security Transform (UST), and a supporting cryptographic kernel.
This package contains the shared libraries.
There are three methods to install libsrtp0 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 libsrtp0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsrtp0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsrtp0
Install libsrtp0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsrtp0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsrtp0
Install libsrtp0 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 libsrtp0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsrtp0
How To Uninstall libsrtp0 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsrtp0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsrtp0
Uninstall libsrtp0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsrtp0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsrtp0
Remove libsrtp0 Configurations and Data
To remove libsrtp0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsrtp0
Remove libsrtp0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsrtp0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsrtp0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsrtp0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
