How To Install libxcrypt1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcrypt1
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libxcrypt1
libxcrypt1 is:
Libxcrypt is a replacement for libcrypt, which comes with the GNU C Library. It supports DES crypt, MD5, and passwords with blowfish encryption.
There are three methods to install libxcrypt1
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 libxcrypt1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxcrypt1
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxcrypt1
Install libxcrypt1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxcrypt1
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxcrypt1
Install libxcrypt1 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 libxcrypt1
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxcrypt1
How To Uninstall libxcrypt1 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libxcrypt1
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxcrypt1
Uninstall libxcrypt1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxcrypt1
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxcrypt1
Remove libxcrypt1 Configurations and Data
To remove libxcrypt1
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxcrypt1
Remove libxcrypt1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxcrypt1
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxcrypt1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcrypt1
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.