How to Install and Uninstall socat Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "socat" package

This is a short guide on how to install socat on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall socat on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                socat
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the socat package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: socat
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.7.4.4-2
Priority: extra
Section: net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1377
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~)
Filename: pool/main/s/socat/socat_1.7.4.4-2_amd64.deb
Size: 350486
MD5sum: 557fc23ae452e62b751c6469a198cb01
SHA1: 6148425aa6b0afbd780053726ce6da34bc2cb6b8
SHA256: 6bdd678548623c1afbbb45f30c206611c709b5cdd3f1ea2697f6b1296d7d9fcc
SHA512: 329822ef90f8afb92ecdc806314a83a4908812be1784bc3dc6d806da3acefffee4cd2c2726ad1e5c0e56ead1ad37b94b229dc1213e5be1339be4074befb40c79
Homepage: http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/
Description: multipurpose relay for bidirectional data transfer
Description-md5: 756f78d1d190c48fab624c958dfcb5ab
Task: kubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop