How to Install and Uninstall libkcapi1 Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "libkcapi1" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libkcapi1 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libkcapi1" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall libkcapi1 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                libkcapi1
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libkcapi1 package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libkcapi1
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.1-1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Source: libkcapi
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Mathieu Malaterre
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 71
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.25)
Filename: pool/universe/libk/libkcapi/libkcapi1_1.2.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 20956
MD5sum: 0206df9411f60acdfb1cdf72b68294ff
SHA1: b4de92ed99d5468e687e1ed885014adb0745a282
SHA256: 5cd77e3e9360ebfb869b21336fd42d1641fe967e9359035aaec104c1611131c5
SHA512: 827d4ec91b317c823a9aff22e721299426215cf04931a6aebce13fc4ef7f98e5c64e92f525ccb27843a0958286c55449641259994358f91cab978a644332ec67
Homepage: http://www.chronox.de/libkcapi.html
Description-en: Linux Kernel Crypto API User Space Interface Library
The Linux kernel exports a Netlink interface of type AF_ALG to allow user
space to utilize the kernel crypto API. libkcapi uses this Netlink interface
and exports easy to use APIs so that a developer does not need to consider the
low-level Netlink interface handling.
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The library does not implement any cipher algorithms. All consumer requests
are sent to the kernel for processing. Results from the kernel crypto API
are returned to the consumer via the library API.
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The kernel interface and therefore this library can be used by unprivileged
processes.
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This package contains the libraries needed to run libkcapi applications.
Description-md5: 78b3492a993653be6a8e1811c5ca42ef