How to Install and Uninstall android-libboringssl Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "android-libboringssl" package

This is a short guide on how to install android-libboringssl on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                android-libboringssl
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "android-libboringssl" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall android-libboringssl on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                android-libboringssl
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the android-libboringssl package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: android-libboringssl
Architecture: amd64
Version: 10.0.0+r36-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Source: android-platform-external-boringssl
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Android Tools Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1792
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.16), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1)
Filename: pool/universe/a/android-platform-external-boringssl/android-libboringssl_10.0.0+r36-1_amd64.deb
Size: 606812
MD5sum: a46767220ed857618209dfbff316b73e
SHA1: ec08cbf6bef46680088631700cfe4a946970c2eb
SHA256: adf6a80d6346e89663998e6bbd57be89b732ea02719e2f7719397d986cdfd4ec
SHA512: 8295979e594efce7b4c2251ec06c6fb7e9e27619d666a186bfb00d7fa06249b349ff67bd33eef7d6d1c13fd7db0d4c509d1b8140cbbcfa46a0988440e07caee6
Homepage: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/boringssl
Description-en: Google's internal fork of OpenSSL for the Android SDK
The Android SDK builds against a static version of BoringSSL,
Google's internal fork of OpenSSL. This package should never be used
for anything but Android SDK packages that already depend on it.
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BoringSSL arose because Google used OpenSSL for many years in various
ways and, over time, built up a large number of patches that were
maintained while tracking upstream OpenSSL. As Google’s product
portfolio became more complex, more copies of OpenSSL sprung up and
the effort involved in maintaining all these patches in multiple
places was growing steadily.
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This is the Android AOSP fork of BoringSSL which is designed to be
used by Android and its SDK. BoringSSL is only ever statically linked
into apps, and pinned to a commit version. Upstream has no official
releases of BoringSSL on its own, so it must be included separately
for each project that uses it.
Description-md5: cd475d5105e77faeb7ea4e52f14b0a97