How to Install and Uninstall libnettle8 Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "libnettle8" package

Learn how to install libnettle8 on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libnettle8 on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: libnettle8
Source: nettle
Version: 3.7.3-1
Installed-Size: 480
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_3.7.3-1_amd64.deb
Size: 270376
MD5sum: 4d95b4565dde6d7921b765729a92da26
SHA256: e4f8ec31ed14518b241eb7b423ad5ed3f4a4e8ac50aae72c9fd475c569582764