How To Install libtomcrypt1 on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtomcrypt1 on Debian 11. libtomcrypt1 is public domain open source cryptographic toolkit

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtomcrypt1 on Debian 11.

What is libtomcrypt1

libtomcrypt1 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.

There are three methods to install libtomcrypt1 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 libtomcrypt1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libtomcrypt1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libtomcrypt1

Install libtomcrypt1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libtomcrypt1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libtomcrypt1

Install libtomcrypt1 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 libtomcrypt1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libtomcrypt1

How To Uninstall libtomcrypt1 on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libtomcrypt1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libtomcrypt1

Uninstall libtomcrypt1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libtomcrypt1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtomcrypt1

Remove libtomcrypt1 Configurations and Data

To remove libtomcrypt1 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libtomcrypt1

Remove libtomcrypt1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libtomcrypt1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtomcrypt1

Dependencies

libtomcrypt1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtomcrypt1 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.