How to Install and Uninstall libgcrypt20 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: March 15,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libgcrypt20 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "libgcrypt20" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libgcrypt20 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libgcrypt20" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libgcrypt20 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libgcrypt20 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libgcrypt20
Version: 1.10.1-3
Installed-Size: 1592
Maintainer: Debian GnuTLS Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.27)
Suggests: rng-tools
Description: LGPL Crypto library - runtime library
Description-md5: 98bb5dd0ae9e4cb030e532a58cd590be
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://directory.fsf.org/project/libgcrypt/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libg/libgcrypt20/libgcrypt20_1.10.1-3_amd64.deb
Size: 696328
MD5sum: 362c347d600a61a0efbd350a4b43fb76
SHA256: bffcac7e4f69e39d37d4a33e841d6371ac8b5aba6cd55546b385dc7ff6c702f5