How To Install b3sum on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install b3sum on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is b3sum
b3sum is:
BLAKE3 is a cryptographic hash function that is much faster than MD5, SHA-1, SHA-2, SHA-3, and BLAKE2 and Secure, unlike MD5 and SHA-1. And secure against length extension. Note, This package includes binary “b3sum” which is built from official multithreaded implementation of BLAKE3 in rust.
There are three methods to install b3sum 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 b3sum Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install b3sum using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install b3sum
Install b3sum Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install b3sum using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install b3sum
Install b3sum 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 b3sum using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install b3sum
How To Uninstall b3sum on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the b3sum package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove b3sum
Uninstall b3sum And Its Dependencies
To uninstall b3sum and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove b3sum
Remove b3sum Configurations and Data
To remove b3sum configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge b3sum
Remove b3sum configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove b3sum configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge b3sum
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install b3sum package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.