How to Install and Uninstall curl Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "curl" package

Please follow the guidance below to install curl on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install curl

2. Uninstall "curl" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall curl on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):

$ sudo apt remove curl $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the curl package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: curl
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.20
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: web
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Alessandro Ghedini
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 388
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libcurl4 (= 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.20), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Filename: pool/main/c/curl/curl_7.58.0-2ubuntu3.20_amd64.deb
Size: 158768
MD5sum: d89cb4652dad14f8a89b0a21d4c15b2f
SHA1: 9583493e8e11b54d6e641b6549321b44eaadf961
SHA256: d8aa3a5ad48043bd8cd76e5e9f402d1db89f69ed78ba5c43722e8620b36ba9c6
SHA512: ed8ad9127eda45ede349787bcd3362b733149ba464f11fb6854e7a0c11dc0e4aecf233e3c3fa9d0ec3ba0e320ddf4d241ccd951434f473592f38633d8f2fb2f3
Homepage: http://curl.haxx.se
Description: command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax
Description-md5: f83293d10df083ae6f7bb7d01642913c
Task: cloud-image, server, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Supported: 5y

Package: curl
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7.58.0-2ubuntu3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: web
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Alessandro Ghedini
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 386
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libcurl4 (= 7.58.0-2ubuntu3), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Filename: pool/main/c/curl/curl_7.58.0-2ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 158884
MD5sum: 43f1eab4dcfdaab2d4b9f8ade5b5c58e
SHA1: 5878faa881e0b475d3a6870b47423b0f0304a530
SHA256: 02c53c28334b2c6b1aa9643ae585744ee90ce113fbb7699f9607e38e82b9d526
Homepage: http://curl.haxx.se
Description: command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax
Description-md5: f83293d10df083ae6f7bb7d01642913c
Task: cloud-image, server, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Supported: 5y