How to Install and Uninstall libc-ares2 Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "libc-ares2" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libc-ares2 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libc-ares2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libc-ares2" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libc-ares2 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libc-ares2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libc-ares2 package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: libc-ares2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.17.1-1ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: extra
Section: libs
Source: c-ares
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Gregor Jasny
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 109
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
Conflicts: libcares2
Replaces: libc-ares1
Filename: pool/main/c/c-ares/libc-ares2_1.17.1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 44538
MD5sum: 5b25c07b03cac962c99c29d562ca7056
SHA1: f1d6d9db88d08c8d4c92b8d5a24ce3e994333e17
SHA256: 704f33e770add955914e86535e2840a95c53847a6480a88ab8e56f436b78443a
SHA512: 32c2901c9f2cdc5f506b74edb6dacb54e5a872e929ae3f7fdf45aeabd7f2cc5a0638c11407773cea21a997700e54d2bd9df94f212dde41178cc08309f72d9026
Homepage: https://c-ares.haxx.se/
Description-en: asynchronous name resolver
c-ares is a C library that performs DNS requests and name resolution
asynchronously.
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It is a fork of the library named "ares", with additional features:
* IPv6 support;
* extended cross-platform portability;
* 64-bit clean sources.
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This package provides the shared libraries.
Description-md5: 2ddfa5de14223839b0bc40795e305cef
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop