How to Install and Uninstall libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev
Architecture: all
Version: 1.8.7-2ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: libgcrypt20
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GnuTLS Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 26823
Depends: libgpg-error-mingw-w64-dev
Suggests: wine
Filename: pool/universe/libg/libgcrypt20/libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev_1.8.7-2ubuntu2_all.deb
Size: 3543416
MD5sum: 1277079c66bea48d8097369a4fc9fa35
SHA1: eda31d820ae8cca0fd88957c80d93c087fb753c7
SHA256: a2221d81a0bd79c9b6502462978e062475fb2b595171e02ddc0f14f3a83d9717
SHA512: 3708f7165f902a0f7f3af39f1f848deb6685722ab0d02a20a53069ec71aba561e2fb51fae80e70b29bdf3f724b09c4ed159f3dcd31dc8cb30567366ff908ac99
Homepage: https://directory.fsf.org/project/libgcrypt/
Description-en: LGPL Crypto library - Windows development
libgcrypt contains cryptographic functions. Many important free
ciphers, hash algorithms and public key signing algorithms have been
implemented:
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Arcfour, Blowfish, CAST5, DES, AES, Twofish, Serpent, rfc2268 (rc2), SEED,
Poly1305, Camellia, ChaCha20, IDEA, Salsa, Blake-2, CRC, MD2, MD4, MD5,
RIPE-MD160, SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-512, SHA3-224, SHA3-256, SHA3-384, SHA3-512,
SHAKE128, SHAKE256, Tiger, Whirlpool, DSA, DSA2, ElGamal, RSA, ECC
(Curve25519, sec256k1, GOST R 34.10-2001 and GOST R 34.10-2012, etc.)
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This is a Windows version of libgcrypt. It's meant to be used when
cross-building software that targets the Windows platform, e.g. the
win32-loader component of Debian-Installer.
Description-md5: a1e91d61a146164e6ede6bff18422dd6