How to Install and Uninstall libsodium-dev Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "libsodium-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libsodium-dev on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libsodium-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libsodium-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libsodium-dev on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libsodium-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libsodium-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: libsodium-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0.18-1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: libsodium
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 807
Depends: libsodium23 (= 1.0.18-1)
Filename: pool/main/libs/libsodium/libsodium-dev_1.0.18-1_amd64.deb
Size: 169088
MD5sum: 2996101dbaa93e43c1eca31634fb209b
SHA1: f38f401edc70ff6bb47eb7b263aace75ab8fa1de
SHA256: 2bc3d45c379470ffbe6da5c30edd573c7579331299ad67a04af68f11b1858970
Homepage: https://www.libsodium.org/
Description: Network communication, cryptography and signaturing library - headers
Description-md5: cae8e20dbbff5c7b1b3bf306d7ea03fa