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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "curl" package

Please follow the steps below to install curl 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 "curl" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall curl on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


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

Package: curl
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7.74.0-1ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: web
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Alessandro Ghedini
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 420
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), libcurl4 (= 7.74.0-1ubuntu2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Filename: pool/main/c/curl/curl_7.74.0-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 169964
MD5sum: 7e611061a9f27ee3b559f5d511458da2
SHA1: 1fafa04c732fc2249392b5df9d38ada546388dc6
SHA256: 01c2f9c17eec46fe8bd3685faef4566b677c73af7013f804bfc5566bb1661d35
SHA512: 0336db44b2c0540783655191434c535255cf24974f34e9ded3f1c80465d663e1f401c182ba8e5459bf1b5d77fbf26f8d51a19e254e844cb351c73ef66fa22d00
Homepage: http://curl.haxx.se
Description-en: command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax
curl is a command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting
DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, POP3,
POP3S, RTMP, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET and TFTP.
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curl 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, proxy tunneling and a
busload of other useful tricks.
Description-md5: f83293d10df083ae6f7bb7d01642913c
Task: server, cloud-image, server-raspi, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi