How to Install and Uninstall libc-ares2 Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: December 30,2024

1. Install "libc-ares2" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libc-ares2 on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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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 guidelines below to uninstall libc-ares2 on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: libc-ares2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.16.1-1ubuntu0.1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: extra
Section: libs
Source: c-ares
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Gregor Jasny
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 108
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
Conflicts: libcares2
Replaces: libc-ares1
Filename: pool/main/c/c-ares/libc-ares2_1.16.1-1ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 41148
MD5sum: 54b49f56ebbaa8f33a60c7ab1f9a922f
SHA1: d693ad19e70594404a9c600f5d132ffba6b96b0b
SHA256: 1628865992e110f26dc6c424a4c3a406e6b8b87c08ce8118bb2c99a52163021c
SHA512: cd8bafd9d66a4d5eac45a2712e8730d1497bb25fa60a70ceb2f9fbd3fba506924a9bbb06260d7daa62f12c722bb586b2415fb54414af40203f09100505a4d2d8
Homepage: https://c-ares.haxx.se/
Description-en: asynchronous name resolver
c-ares is a C library that performs DNS requests and name resolution
asynchronously.
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It is a fork of the library named "ares", with additional features:
* IPv6 support;
* extended cross-platform portability;
* 64-bit clean sources.
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This package provides the shared libraries.
Description-md5: 2ddfa5de14223839b0bc40795e305cef
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop

Package: libc-ares2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.16.1-1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: extra
Section: libs
Source: c-ares
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Gregor Jasny
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 108
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
Conflicts: libcares2
Replaces: libc-ares1
Filename: pool/main/c/c-ares/libc-ares2_1.16.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 42092
MD5sum: fe1260e28a1bbe889a76034b1447ffa6
SHA1: 76ac04ea98b7253c022ec1cec6337320da3c03d3
SHA256: 9bf471cf788c2bc432850e67d82114c106414f53f9aee83b2913582b40c4b713
SHA512: 5c40fc2100c9553044d9006171d4707074cf7c17feec63ff27a0a80584baeb29e7e0f2626c70269e3031937e3f2673726c86cb80a7dc7f680ed81741f8c24cc7
Homepage: https://c-ares.haxx.se/
Description-en: asynchronous name resolver
c-ares is a C library that performs DNS requests and name resolution
asynchronously.
.
It is a fork of the library named "ares", with additional features:
* IPv6 support;
* extended cross-platform portability;
* 64-bit clean sources.
.
This package provides the shared libraries.
Description-md5: 2ddfa5de14223839b0bc40795e305cef
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop