How To Install gnutls-bin on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnutls-bin on Ubuntu.

What is `gnutls-bin`

gnutls-bin is:

GnuTLS is a portable library which implements the Transport Layer Security (TLS 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3) and Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS 1.0, 1.2) protocols.

GnuTLS features support for:

certificate path validation, as well as DANE and trust on first use.
the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP).
public key methods, including RSA and Elliptic curves, as well as password and key authentication methods such as SRP and PSK protocols.
all the strong encryption algorithms, including AES and Camellia.
CPU-assisted cryptography with VIA padlock and AES-NI instruction sets.
HSMs and cryptographic tokens, via PKCS #11.

This package contains a commandline interface to the GNU TLS library, which can be used to set up secure connections from e.g. shell scripts, debugging connection issues or managing certificates.

Useful utilities include:

TLS termination: gnutls-cli, gnutls-serv
key and certificate management: certtool, ocsptool, p11tool
credential management: srptool, psktool

There are three methods to install gnutls-bin on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gnutls-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 gnutls-bin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnutls-bin

Install gnutls-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gnutls-bin using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gnutls-bin

Install gnutls-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install gnutls-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnutls-bin

How To Uninstall gnutls-bin on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the gnutls-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnutls-bin

Uninstall gnutls-bin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnutls-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnutls-bin

Remove gnutls-bin Configurations and Data

To remove gnutls-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnutls-bin

Remove gnutls-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gnutls-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnutls-bin

Dependencies

gnutls-bin have the following dependencies:

References

gnutls-bin website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnutls-bin package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.