How to Install and Uninstall kcapi-tools Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: February 17,2025

1. Install "kcapi-tools" package

This tutorial shows how to install kcapi-tools on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                kcapi-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "kcapi-tools" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall kcapi-tools on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                kcapi-tools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the kcapi-tools package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: kcapi-tools
Source: libkcapi
Version: 1.1.3-1
Installed-Size: 106
Maintainer: Mathieu Malaterre
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.25), libkcapi1 (>= 1.0.0)
Description: Command-line tools for Linux Kernel Crypto API
Description-md5: 7eab4ce659860e810ca8109938df8d3f
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.chronox.de/libkcapi.html
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libk/libkcapi/kcapi-tools_1.1.3-1_amd64.deb
Size: 31964
MD5sum: 70dae52fd534113e6330a0733f1e9f49
SHA256: 16bf6dcce5491b85b1a415e5b59039d170d00eb61e38e972192fe2f7aa364b8e