How To Install sqlcipher on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sqlcipher
on Debian 9.
What is sqlcipher
sqlcipher is:
SQLCipher is a C library that implements an encryption in the SQLite 3 database engine. Programs that link with the SQLCipher library can have SQL database access without running a separate RDBMS process. It allows one to have per-database or page-by-page encryption using AES-256 from OpenSSL.
SQLCipher has a small footprint and great performance so it??s ideal for protecting embedded application databases and is well suited for mobile development.
- as little as 5-15% overhead for encryption
- 100% of data in the database file is encrypted
- Uses good security practices (CBC mode, key derivation)
- Zero-configuration and application level cryptography
- Algorithms provided by the peer reviewed OpenSSL crypto library.
SQLCipher has broad platform support for with C/C++, Obj-C, QT, Win32/.NET, Java, Python, Ruby, Linux, Mac OS X, iPhone/iOS, Android, Xamarin.iOS, and Xamarin.Android.
SQLCipher v3.2.0 is based on SQLite3 v3.8.6.
There are three methods to install sqlcipher
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install sqlcipher Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sqlcipher
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sqlcipher
Install sqlcipher Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sqlcipher
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sqlcipher
Install sqlcipher 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 sqlcipher
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sqlcipher
How To Uninstall sqlcipher on Debian 9
To uninstall only the sqlcipher
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sqlcipher
Uninstall sqlcipher And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sqlcipher
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sqlcipher
Remove sqlcipher Configurations and Data
To remove sqlcipher
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sqlcipher
Remove sqlcipher configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sqlcipher
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sqlcipher
Dependencies
sqlcipher have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sqlcipher
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.