How to Install and Uninstall libcurl4 Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 05,2024

1. Install "libcurl4" package

This is a short guide on how to install libcurl4 on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libcurl4
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libcurl4" package

Learn how to uninstall libcurl4 on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libcurl4
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libcurl4 package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: libcurl4
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7.68.0-1ubuntu4.3
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Source: curl
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Alessandro Ghedini
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 692
Depends: libbrotli1 (>= 0.6.0), libc6 (>= 2.17), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.17), libidn2-0 (>= 0.6), libldap-2.4-2 (>= 2.4.7), libnghttp2-14 (>= 1.12.0), libpsl5 (>= 0.16.0), librtmp1 (>= 2.4+20131018.git79459a2-3~), libssh-4 (>= 0.8.0), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: ca-certificates
Conflicts: libcurl3
Replaces: libcurl3
Filename: pool/main/c/curl/libcurl4_7.68.0-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb
Size: 235024
MD5sum: e8f340df6de72294d065cc1cc5144e50
SHA1: 8d6b13a0bc2277a6d565f20ac8cad8fbce9b8685
SHA256: f0978f1fe7ebc87e55381ad149494b066c5db0bdd5418b86817ed22efd89bb4c
SHA512: b91296bd06da4bafa33d697103bdd9fbc357b5055b43119f03391f3834594fd982cd256eeaa40841766f87485e8f0e810478a06f4844f14075b58d97c3f7f5b4
Homepage: http://curl.haxx.se
Description-en: easy-to-use client-side URL transfer library (OpenSSL flavour)
libcurl is an easy-to-use client-side URL transfer library, supporting DICT,
FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, POP3, POP3S,
RTMP, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET and TFTP.
.
libcurl supports SSL certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP uploading, HTTP
form based upload, proxies, cookies, user+password authentication (Basic,
Digest, NTLM, Negotiate, Kerberos), file transfer resume, http proxy tunneling
and more!
.
libcurl is free, thread-safe, IPv6 compatible, feature rich, well supported,
fast, thoroughly documented and is already used by many known, big and
successful companies and numerous applications.
.
SSL support is provided by OpenSSL.
Description-md5: f1c7f18aba2d8ab7a7e32acea1dc61e7
Task: server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, lamp-server, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, server-raspi, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: libcurl4
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7.68.0-1ubuntu4
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Source: curl
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Alessandro Ghedini
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 688
Depends: libbrotli1 (>= 0.6.0), libc6 (>= 2.17), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.17), libidn2-0 (>= 0.6), libldap-2.4-2 (>= 2.4.7), libnghttp2-14 (>= 1.12.0), libpsl5 (>= 0.16.0), librtmp1 (>= 2.4+20131018.git79459a2-3~), libssh-4 (>= 0.8.0), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: ca-certificates
Conflicts: libcurl3
Replaces: libcurl3
Filename: pool/main/c/curl/libcurl4_7.68.0-1ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 233416
MD5sum: a7d0a57a76e6237982a168f70ea1d840
SHA1: 4951bb6899a2a88287f1e5b296a54648edd4893c
SHA256: a6011ba1b6d16549f4b65098ab7068de88fb740538160311b92819a1199ebf07
SHA512: d951a4e3e5ed4dd400dc2de5c5a0eaccd70692cb9b3dbf48a11a1e1226a9fd8121acada492df98043329787c44460b64d912445d2dae9b1e67aa4c00110a2877
Homepage: http://curl.haxx.se
Description-en: easy-to-use client-side URL transfer library (OpenSSL flavour)
libcurl is an easy-to-use client-side URL transfer library, supporting DICT,
FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, POP3, POP3S,
RTMP, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET and TFTP.
.
libcurl supports SSL certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP uploading, HTTP
form based upload, proxies, cookies, user+password authentication (Basic,
Digest, NTLM, Negotiate, Kerberos), file transfer resume, http proxy tunneling
and more!
.
libcurl is free, thread-safe, IPv6 compatible, feature rich, well supported,
fast, thoroughly documented and is already used by many known, big and
successful companies and numerous applications.
.
SSL support is provided by OpenSSL.
Description-md5: f1c7f18aba2d8ab7a7e32acea1dc61e7
Task: server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, lamp-server, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, server-raspi, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop