How To Install libmbedcrypto7 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 libmbedcrypto7 on Ubuntu.
What is libmbedcrypto7
libmbedcrypto7 is:
mbed TLS (formerly known as PolarSSL) is a lean open source crypto library for providing SSL and TLS support in your programs. It offers an intuitive API and documented header files, so you can actually understand what the code does. It features:
- Symmetric algorithms, like AES, Blowfish, Triple-DES, DES, ARC4, Camellia and XTEA
- Hash algorithms, like SHA-1, SHA-2, RIPEMD-160 and MD5
- Entropy pool and random generators, like CTR-DRBG and HMAC-DRBG
- Public key algorithms, like RSA, Elliptic Curves, Diffie-Hellman, ECDSA and ECDH
- TLS 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2
- Abstraction layers for ciphers, hashes, public key operations, platform abstraction and threading
This package contains the shared library handling cryptography.
There are three methods to install libmbedcrypto7 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 libmbedcrypto7 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmbedcrypto7 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmbedcrypto7
Install libmbedcrypto7 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmbedcrypto7 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmbedcrypto7
Install libmbedcrypto7 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 libmbedcrypto7 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmbedcrypto7
How To Uninstall libmbedcrypto7 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libmbedcrypto7 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmbedcrypto7
Uninstall libmbedcrypto7 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmbedcrypto7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmbedcrypto7
Remove libmbedcrypto7 Configurations and Data
To remove libmbedcrypto7 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmbedcrypto7
Remove libmbedcrypto7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmbedcrypto7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmbedcrypto7
Dependencies
libmbedcrypto7 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmbedcrypto7 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.