How to Install and Uninstall libnettle8 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libnettle8 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "libnettle8" package

Learn how to install libnettle8 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libnettle8
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libnettle8" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libnettle8 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libnettle8
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libnettle8 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libnettle8
Source: nettle
Version: 3.8.1-2
Installed-Size: 520
Maintainer: Magnus Holmgren
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
Description: low level cryptographic library (symmetric and one-way cryptos)
Description-md5: 9dcb77a61a93b06eb5b005f9c8c509a4
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~nisse/nettle/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/nettle/libnettle8_3.8.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 287764
MD5sum: 1ad1f57c575b2d5d172ee243d88c0b9f
SHA256: 45922e6e289ffd92f0f92d2bb9159e84236ff202d552a461bf10e5335b3f0261