How To Install ecdsautils on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ecdsautils
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ecdsautils
ecdsautils is:
The package provides a series of tools to support, all on the basis of the uecc library the
- generation
- signing
- verifification of keys for elliptic key cryptography.
The package became popular in the Freifunk wireless networks communities.
There are three methods to install ecdsautils
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ecdsautils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ecdsautils
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ecdsautils
Install ecdsautils Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ecdsautils
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ecdsautils
Install ecdsautils 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 ecdsautils
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ecdsautils
How To Uninstall ecdsautils on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ecdsautils
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ecdsautils
Uninstall ecdsautils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ecdsautils
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ecdsautils
Remove ecdsautils Configurations and Data
To remove ecdsautils
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ecdsautils
Remove ecdsautils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ecdsautils
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ecdsautils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ecdsautils
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.