How to Install and Uninstall libscrypt-dev Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 07,2024

1. Install "libscrypt-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libscrypt-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libscrypt-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libscrypt-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                libscrypt-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libscrypt-dev package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: libscrypt-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.21-3
Priority: extra
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: libscrypt
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Micah Anderson
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 53
Depends: libscrypt0 (= 1.21-3)
Filename: pool/universe/libs/libscrypt/libscrypt-dev_1.21-3_amd64.deb
Size: 15564
MD5sum: ff0145e068fe53105c02f7c49361bc61
SHA1: a36aa1e2f33f4569a21b5e3939a31c4bf3001f7a
SHA256: 4fff6b3a93aa157db2082c48c98fd76f8ed1d2ffafcbccb47451000461ff3cbd
SHA512: d776cee2c6d5c28a01ba21b7841fe9829a485eaec7a6d3b5c588e2b7ea735ac7cd92b62c13bd81f6a11c581fb84655ab82c3f4df72dd68a0c4d924aa8bbe342b
Homepage: http://www.lolware.net/libscrypt.html
Description-en: scrypt shared library - development files
The scrypt algorithm is a password-based key derivation function
designed to require large amounts of memory. This proof-of-work scheme
is intended to make it costly to perform large-scale hardware
attacks.
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This package contains files for development with libscrypt.
Description-md5: f0465882628190280d7330670757b372