How to Install and Uninstall canlock Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "canlock" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install canlock on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

Learn how to uninstall canlock on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


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

Package: canlock
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.2.2-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/news
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Florian Schlichting
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 83
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libcanlock3 (>= 3.0.0)
Filename: pool/universe/c/canlock/canlock_3.2.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 24652
MD5sum: 9e6a1a738c7b0deb6550070143cd3f3f
SHA1: ffb02b7e194608efe7455f174835a57e7f75837a
SHA256: 93d78e4e38c071900c154b1ce21514fd8ee1c91e3bfbb948308e9ff52257049c
SHA512: 0101cf39ff7a2bf973a47595da043383982f1a1ab1aabeb93ebae1f5f7beaf0bc537cbe95ff83d9c112af7304adf43ce3258048284bdf815d05e3b178187621b
Homepage: https://micha.freeshell.org/libcanlock/
Description-en: utilities for creating and verifying Usenet cancel locks
Cancel locks are used by Usenet article posters to authenticate their
authorship of an article. It may then by used by servers to prevent
cancel and supersede abuse. The use of this feature remains the
newsmaster's decision.
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This package contains a simple utility wrapping the canlock library,
which may be used for both the generation and the verification of
cancel locks, along with a message header parser and a header field
parser.
Description-md5: c2b527a480458f2c74799269b689025b