Complete Guide: Installing letsencrypt on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) 2024

1. Install "letsencrypt" package

This tutorial shows how to install letsencrypt on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                letsencrypt
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "letsencrypt" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall letsencrypt on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                letsencrypt
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the letsencrypt package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: letsencrypt
Architecture: all
Version: 0.27.0-1~ubuntu18.04.2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/web
Source: python-certbot
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Let's Encrypt
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 13
Depends: certbot
Filename: pool/universe/p/python-certbot/letsencrypt_0.27.0-1~ubuntu18.04.2_all.deb
Size: 2316
MD5sum: 2a590fec51f4c7098448f3e0bfebabca
SHA1: a60472d0f0c98d4331eff43448b158f9a462ea8f
SHA256: 3caa5be5ec12d2ab940cec04c443a5ae4328129b398e0191debad88acb69ce30
SHA512: 9f6ed5057029461f90aaccf2b519e63ad5073acfc787d85bc79e5d80e06ee46e465e866a2a35249873dc3852dc0a067e5fa7892adc7c4fdcf17bf7552766445f
Homepage: https://certbot.eff.org/
Description: transitional dummy package
Description-md5: b77c3edb2fdeaba6edecc4488cb24985

Package: letsencrypt
Architecture: all
Version: 0.23.0-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/web
Source: python-certbot
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Let's Encrypt
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 13
Depends: certbot
Filename: pool/universe/p/python-certbot/letsencrypt_0.23.0-1_all.deb
Size: 2712
MD5sum: ceca840912fdf6424d656e51b43b5977
SHA1: 232af9d1d46dcacb13dae7e74f1710a1c4aeb135
SHA256: fbd067f63bb1e36819db2ef416bb35f6d5295f4b8db810faffb3c54ac292a512
Homepage: https://certbot.eff.org/
Description: transitional dummy package
Description-md5: b77c3edb2fdeaba6edecc4488cb24985