How to Install and Uninstall libc-ares2 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 23,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libc-ares2 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libc-ares2" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libc-ares2 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libc-ares2 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libc-ares2
Source: c-ares
Version: 1.18.1-3
Installed-Size: 169
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.org/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/c-ares/libc-ares2_1.18.1-3_amd64.deb
Size: 102484
MD5sum: a56844c6332cb330f8920e62ea41fac9
SHA256: 087fd5c2ac883202e1786ab45617cdab7f77bc7f060d58cca177ddf6b6c3fa73