How to Install and Uninstall libsodium-dev Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: February 17,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libsodium-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "libsodium-dev" package

Learn how to install libsodium-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libsodium-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libsodium-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libsodium-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libsodium-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: libsodium-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0.18-1build2
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: libsodium
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 798
Depends: libsodium23 (= 1.0.18-1build2)
Filename: pool/main/libs/libsodium/libsodium-dev_1.0.18-1build2_amd64.deb
Size: 185266
MD5sum: 599f78aba45798ae67a8b6be7ee538f5
SHA1: 38690abb9d9812d2c5d737fd6f4a0dd4e5f1bd9f
SHA256: 09584c8ab2f840bf3db4a5763f6e4b450688aa8879acd4c8f4c1942375b9ca57
SHA512: ce8cce9522ff3042b76def1a29c07da6786fecf3d5f56848e80e84eec2e739785e978571d0c2a9d759989306010cddfc56644035e9e06e0ecfce7557ddeba8e4
Homepage: https://www.libsodium.org/
Description: Network communication, cryptography and signaturing library - headers
Description-md5: cae8e20dbbff5c7b1b3bf306d7ea03fa