How To Install gost-crypto-dkms 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 gost-crypto-dkms on Ubuntu.
What is gost-crypto-dkms
gost-crypto-dkms is:
This is a set of Linux kernel modules implementing Russian cryptographic algorithms:
- GOST 28147 cipher (RFC 5830)
- GOST 28147 “Imitovstavka” (MAC mode) (RFC 5830)
- GOST R 34.11-94 digest (RFC 5831)
- HMAC using GOST R 34.11-94 (RFC 4357)
- GOST R 34.12-2015 ciphers (Magma and Kuznyechik) (RFC 7801)
- CMAC using GOST R 34.12-2015 (as required by GOST R 34.13-2015)
- GOST R 34.11-2012 digest (RFC 6986)
There are three methods to install gost-crypto-dkms 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 gost-crypto-dkms Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gost-crypto-dkms using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gost-crypto-dkms
Install gost-crypto-dkms Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gost-crypto-dkms using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gost-crypto-dkms
Install gost-crypto-dkms 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 gost-crypto-dkms using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gost-crypto-dkms
How To Uninstall gost-crypto-dkms on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the gost-crypto-dkms package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gost-crypto-dkms
Uninstall gost-crypto-dkms And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gost-crypto-dkms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gost-crypto-dkms
Remove gost-crypto-dkms Configurations and Data
To remove gost-crypto-dkms configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gost-crypto-dkms
Remove gost-crypto-dkms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gost-crypto-dkms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gost-crypto-dkms
Dependencies
gost-crypto-dkms have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gost-crypto-dkms package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.