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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "htpdate" package

This guide let you learn how to install htpdate on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

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


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

Package: htpdate
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.2-4
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Thiago Andrade Marques
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 60
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: lsb-base, libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/h/htpdate/htpdate_1.2.2-4_amd64.deb
Size: 15492
MD5sum: a4a5bc9ce5e49ec2ad60cb0cd1527b66
SHA1: f443a04c3efd614200e2c7cb6e49ac0bc213b4be
SHA256: 74fe15225e0c576ed099fc06ff50222187fc11a27c7b86d282ca2dd65e656396
SHA512: fb9d8aa293818f02f3536df82c7adcce82087d644e6bb62b6f927164b8a080480f46cc3bf1c92f72717bb1bd19a372e79e90ff8b6fb97af01ade738c23d10ed6
Homepage: http://www.vervest.org/htp
Description-en: HTTP based time synchronization tool
The HTTP Time Protocol (HTP) is used to synchronize a computer's time with
web servers as reference time source. This program can be used instead
ntpdate or similar, in networks that has a firewall blocking the NTP port.
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Htpdate will synchronize the computer time to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT),
using the timestamps from HTTP headers found in web servers response (the
HEAD method will be used to get the information).
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Htpdate works through proxy servers. Accuracy of htpdate will be usually
within 0.5 seconds (better with multiple servers).
Description-md5: 591296bd6b016838243fcf058ec7d163