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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "openssl" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install openssl on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

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


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

Package: openssl
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.20
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian OpenSSL Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1223
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.1)
Suggests: ca-certificates
Filename: pool/main/o/openssl/openssl_1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.20_amd64.deb
Size: 613576
MD5sum: 7855baf5cbe361e7be75cf4ad9f8eea9
SHA1: d985dbe150ca0eeabdfa20e9cd77100320e2f17a
SHA256: b1e15ca83cd363d2f0d657671024232c8f01f7748c0ec1b98fa8647232673ddc
SHA512: 7ffbdcc8ca57f4b2716aef02f9f5068e904a5159bc28b33f84b5de1decc42b8e9e47634ee6f072793e966d99e0d85ad6dbb87dfadc0820dbbce96af6a7ae012d
Homepage: https://www.openssl.org/
Description: Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - cryptographic utility
Description-md5: 9b6de2bb6e1d9016aeb0f00bcf6617bd
Task: minimal
Supported: 5y

Package: openssl
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1.0g-2ubuntu4
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian OpenSSL Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1099
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0)
Suggests: ca-certificates
Filename: pool/main/o/openssl/openssl_1.1.0g-2ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 531772
MD5sum: 4f65283c2055e344ed4eb4c2475b7194
SHA1: a7f5fe2c76a2f102f3c7baf2087139065436e78e
SHA256: fb3b0455003fd76200bd8d6ae1c16cefbd1586eb8727db4b159ab5afccaadfdb
Homepage: https://www.openssl.org/
Description: Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - cryptographic utility
Description-md5: 9b6de2bb6e1d9016aeb0f00bcf6617bd
Task: minimal
Supported: 5y