Complete Guide: Installing libsodium on Arch Linux 2025

1. Install "libsodium" package

Please follow the steps below to install libsodium on Arch Linux


    
        
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                sudo pacman -Sy
            
                    
    
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                sudo pacman -S
            
                        
                libsodium
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libsodium" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libsodium on Arch Linux:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -Rcns
            
                        
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3. Information about the libsodium package on Arch Linux

Repository : extra
Name : libsodium
Version : 1.0.19-3
Description : A modern, portable, easy to use crypto library
Architecture : x86_64
URL : https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium
Licenses : custom:ISC
Groups : None
Provides : libsodium.so=26-64
Depends On : glibc
Optional Deps : None
Conflicts With : None
Replaces : None
Download Size : 181.88 KiB
Installed Size : 535.45 KiB
Packager : T.J. Townsend
Build Date : Tue Mar 5 21:01:49 2024
Validated By : MD5 Sum SHA-256 Sum Signature