How To Install libtomcrypt1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtomcrypt1 on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtomcrypt1
Remove libtomcrypt1 Configurations and Data
To remove libtomcrypt1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtomcrypt1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
