How To Install nettle-bin on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nettle-bin on Debian 12.
What is nettle-bin
nettle-bin is:
Nettle is a cryptographic library that is designed to fit easily in more or less any context: In crypto toolkits for object-oriented languages (C++, Python, Pike, …), in applications like LSH or GNUPG, or even in kernel space.
It tries to solve a problem of providing a common set of cryptographic algorithms for higher-level applications by implementing a context-independent set of cryptographic algorithms. In that light, Nettle doesn’t do any memory allocation or I/O, it simply provides the cryptographic algorithms for the application to use in any environment and in any way it needs.
This package contains binary utilities that accompany the library:
- nettle-lfib-stream - generates a pseudo-random stream, using the Knuth
lfib (non-cryptographic) pseudo-random generator.
- sexp-conv - conversion tool for handling the different flavours of sexp
syntax.
- pkcs1-conv - converts PKCS#1 keys to sexp format.
- nettle-hash - command-line tool to compute message digests such as SHA-1.
There are three methods to install nettle-bin on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nettle-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nettle-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nettle-bin
Install nettle-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nettle-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nettle-bin
Install nettle-bin 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 nettle-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nettle-bin
How To Uninstall nettle-bin on Debian 12
To uninstall only the nettle-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nettle-bin
Uninstall nettle-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nettle-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nettle-bin
Remove nettle-bin Configurations and Data
To remove nettle-bin configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nettle-bin
Remove nettle-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nettle-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nettle-bin
Dependencies
nettle-bin have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nettle-bin package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
