How To Install libmbedx509-1 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 libmbedx509-1 on Ubuntu.

What is `libmbedx509-1`

libmbedx509-1 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 x509 certificates.

There are three methods to install libmbedx509-1 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 libmbedx509-1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmbedx509-1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmbedx509-1

Install libmbedx509-1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmbedx509-1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmbedx509-1

Install libmbedx509-1 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 libmbedx509-1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmbedx509-1

How To Uninstall libmbedx509-1 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libmbedx509-1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmbedx509-1

Uninstall libmbedx509-1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmbedx509-1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmbedx509-1

Remove libmbedx509-1 Configurations and Data

To remove libmbedx509-1 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmbedx509-1

Remove libmbedx509-1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmbedx509-1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmbedx509-1

Dependencies

libmbedx509-1 have the following dependencies:

References

libmbedx509-1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmbedx509-1 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.