Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgcrypt20 on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libgcrypt20
libgcrypt20 is:
libgcrypt contains cryptographic functions. Many important free
ciphers, hash algorithms and public key signing algorithms have been
implemented:
Arcfour, Blowfish, CAST5, DES, AES, Twofish, Serpent, rfc2268 (rc2), SEED,
Poly1305, Camellia, ChaCha20, IDEA, Salsa, SM4, Blake-2, CRC, MD2, MD4, MD5,
RIPE-MD160, SM3, SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-512, SHA3-224, SHA3-256, SHA3-384,
SHA3-512, SHAKE128, SHAKE256, Tiger, Whirlpool, DSA, DSA2, ElGamal, RSA, ECC
(Curve25519, sec256k1, GOST R 34.10-2001 and GOST R 34.10-2012, etc.)
There are three methods to install libgcrypt20 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 libgcrypt20 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgcrypt20 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgcrypt20
Install libgcrypt20 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgcrypt20 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgcrypt20
Install libgcrypt20 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 libgcrypt20 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgcrypt20
How To Uninstall libgcrypt20 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libgcrypt20 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgcrypt20
Uninstall libgcrypt20 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgcrypt20 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgcrypt20
Remove libgcrypt20 Configurations and Data
To remove libgcrypt20 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgcrypt20
Remove libgcrypt20 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgcrypt20 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgcrypt20
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgcrypt20 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
