How To Install libxcrypt-source on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcrypt-source
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libxcrypt-source
libxcrypt-source is:
This package contains the sources and patches which are needed to build libxcrypt.
There are three methods to install libxcrypt-source
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 libxcrypt-source Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxcrypt-source
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxcrypt-source
Install libxcrypt-source Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxcrypt-source
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxcrypt-source
Install libxcrypt-source 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 libxcrypt-source
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxcrypt-source
How To Uninstall libxcrypt-source on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libxcrypt-source
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxcrypt-source
Uninstall libxcrypt-source And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxcrypt-source
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxcrypt-source
Remove libxcrypt-source Configurations and Data
To remove libxcrypt-source
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxcrypt-source
Remove libxcrypt-source configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxcrypt-source
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxcrypt-source
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcrypt-source
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.