How to Install and Uninstall apt-transport-https Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "apt-transport-https" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install apt-transport-https on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                apt-transport-https
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "apt-transport-https" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall apt-transport-https on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                apt-transport-https
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the apt-transport-https package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: apt-transport-https
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.35
Priority: standard
Section: admin
Source: apt
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: APT Development Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 212
Depends: libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.1~exp15), libc6 (>= 2.14), libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.16.2), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Recommends: ca-certificates
Filename: pool/main/a/apt/apt-transport-https_1.2.35_amd64.deb
Size: 26626
MD5sum: 55a89793dc78079acd68db4e8331b1f3
SHA1: 033fbee4bcf42b537f693247992753f7f1e5bef7
SHA256: 68f4184d44dac3e5e748959b33e0d2385f18992d8bb4f6373e91a02bfd6739cc
SHA512: 36bdc5438f48cb008d2f806b29e44cbe45764761620b8abc4edd6ce6e1c38aaec0a70627d016efd32a797cfe26cc1f82c67a8baef2c4baf8ece1150a3d6abce5
Description-en: https download transport for APT
This package enables the usage of 'deb https://foo distro main' lines
in the /etc/apt/sources.list so that all package managers using the
libapt-pkg library can access metadata and packages available in sources
accessible over https (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure).
.
This transport supports server as well as client authentication
with certificates.
Description-md5: 3365a6b50bd0e4eef6e176a80c735f43
Task: standard
Supported: 5y

Package: apt-transport-https
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.32ubuntu0.2
Priority: standard
Section: admin
Source: apt
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: APT Development Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 211
Depends: libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.1~exp15), libc6 (>= 2.14), libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.16.2), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Recommends: ca-certificates
Filename: pool/main/a/apt/apt-transport-https_1.2.32ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb
Size: 26648
MD5sum: 5c05a7abb159b2c7e423eb2dccc51663
SHA1: aee3adfe3556653e039887b36b130a38b3060647
SHA256: 93475e4cc5e7a86de63fea0316f3f2cd8b791cf4d6ea50a6d63f5bd8e1da5726
SHA512: a5b5303c7c958b6742f332761601bf82136fe70d951b191940d3706d244274a896368542239dc73558b48ab220fb4abce6c5919934a5adca836005b1bcdfbd64
Description-en: https download transport for APT
This package enables the usage of 'deb https://foo distro main' lines
in the /etc/apt/sources.list so that all package managers using the
libapt-pkg library can access metadata and packages available in sources
accessible over https (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure).
.
This transport supports server as well as client authentication
with certificates.
Description-md5: 3365a6b50bd0e4eef6e176a80c735f43
Task: standard
Supported: 5y

Package: apt-transport-https
Priority: standard
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 206
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: APT Development Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: apt
Version: 1.2.10ubuntu1
Depends: libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.1~exp15), libc6 (>= 2.14), libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.16.2), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Recommends: ca-certificates
Filename: pool/main/a/apt/apt-transport-https_1.2.10ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 25656
MD5sum: 8c3a3e25a9d0f6ee14683b10327c7d0a
SHA1: 2493aacbd37a9323e341c4111bb8ab3782fad515
SHA256: bc9d393f32ffd83a56ccbe0fff65a2b55c72dd4a50b396e08bedcfea957e4f2d
Description-en: https download transport for APT
This package enables the usage of 'deb https://foo distro main' lines
in the /etc/apt/sources.list so that all package managers using the
libapt-pkg library can access metadata and packages available in sources
accessible over https (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure).
.
This transport supports server as well as client authentication
with certificates.
Description-md5: 3365a6b50bd0e4eef6e176a80c735f43
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: standard