How To Install libtomcrypt-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtomcrypt-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libtomcrypt-dev
libtomcrypt-dev is:
LibTomCrypt is a well documented, public domain open source cryptographic toolkit written in C. It supports lots of block ciphers (Blowfish, Twofish, AES, XTEA, …), chaining modes (ECB, CBC, OFB, CFB, CTR, …), hash functions (MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, RIPE-MD, …), HMAC mechanisms, pseudo-random number generators and public key algorithms. It has several optimizations for the i386, x86_64 and ppc32 architectures.
This package contains include files and a statically linked version of the library.
There are three methods to install libtomcrypt-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 libtomcrypt-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 libtomcrypt-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtomcrypt-dev
Install libtomcrypt-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtomcrypt-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtomcrypt-dev
Install libtomcrypt-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 libtomcrypt-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtomcrypt-dev
How To Uninstall libtomcrypt-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libtomcrypt-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtomcrypt-dev
Uninstall libtomcrypt-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtomcrypt-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtomcrypt-dev
Remove libtomcrypt-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libtomcrypt-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtomcrypt-dev
Remove libtomcrypt-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtomcrypt-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtomcrypt-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtomcrypt-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
