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

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "socat" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install socat on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall socat on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: socat
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.7.3.4-1
Priority: extra
Section: net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1365
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~)
Filename: pool/main/s/socat/socat_1.7.3.4-1_amd64.deb
Size: 323180
MD5sum: 306a7f6987948ae388de73231d8b798b
SHA1: 3757f10cb2962cf7a94cbe31b473d896bffe7806
SHA256: 83ad48261e0397cdf4f131eaea06720302e564c355ec1e6a31c97ba7989669c0
SHA512: ebe8eb99e847bd89d684a1f818441e72b10994ecc4d1a66826ff2c24e74ec7f0421de779381c23cd72412bc95fa9c4b26cfd32a68ec50cd940c6e94666f14566
Homepage: http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/
Description-en: multipurpose relay for bidirectional data transfer
Socat (for SOcket CAT) establishes two bidirectional byte streams
and transfers data between them. Data channels may be files, pipes,
devices (terminal or modem, etc.), or sockets (Unix, IPv4, IPv6, raw,
UDP, TCP, SSL). It provides forking, logging and tracing, different
modes for interprocess communication and many more options.
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It can be used, for example, as a TCP relay (one-shot or daemon),
as an external socksifier, as a shell interface to Unix sockets,
as an IPv6 relay, as a netcat and rinetd replacement, to redirect
TCP-oriented programs to a serial line, or to establish a relatively
secure environment (su and chroot) for running client or server shell
scripts inside network connections. Socat supports sctp as of 1.7.0.
Description-md5: 756f78d1d190c48fab624c958dfcb5ab
Task: kubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop