How to Install and Uninstall libc-ares2 Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: January 23,2025

1. Install "libc-ares2" package

This guide let you learn how to install libc-ares2 on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libc-ares2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libc-ares2" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libc-ares2 on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libc-ares2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libc-ares2 package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: libc-ares2
Source: c-ares
Version: 1.14.0-1+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 141
Maintainer: Gregor Jasny
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libc-ares1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
Conflicts: libcares2
Description: asynchronous name resolver
Description-md5: 2ddfa5de14223839b0bc40795e305cef
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://c-ares.haxx.se/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/c-ares/libc-ares2_1.14.0-1+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 86052
MD5sum: ed52d7af9a02f5e0f5e8e415db446474
SHA256: 2869b41dc20c9b942580e153bb679bdcc5aae9c549bd74b246f1813b8bc3ba3a