How to Install and Uninstall openssl Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "openssl" package

This tutorial shows how to install openssl on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall openssl on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: openssl
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1.1l-1ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian OpenSSL Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1268
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.1)
Suggests: ca-certificates
Filename: pool/main/o/openssl/openssl_1.1.1l-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 651096
MD5sum: a5f261c1d53f582bb54edffc0d807840
SHA1: 98b0b41a5bec9aa840e1c2b19926ba7b49196447
SHA256: f315982c6ea53c45339134f6c4f16c1882d4dc67e46459b35b70942726506c05
SHA512: 3f6ec6171436b6b9382230cfb6252f2a5b067075caff77f9af1f554e9b2ea2961a032879f2fdf9385f9c45bb954353b7825579458ced411964232f63bb730790
Homepage: https://www.openssl.org/
Description-en: Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - cryptographic utility
This package is part of the OpenSSL project's implementation of the SSL
and TLS cryptographic protocols for secure communication over the
Internet.
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It contains the general-purpose command line binary /usr/bin/openssl,
useful for cryptographic operations such as:
* creating RSA, DH, and DSA key parameters;
* creating X.509 certificates, CSRs, and CRLs;
* calculating message digests;
* encrypting and decrypting with ciphers;
* testing SSL/TLS clients and servers;
* handling S/MIME signed or encrypted mail.
Description-md5: 9b6de2bb6e1d9016aeb0f00bcf6617bd
Task: minimal, server-minimal