How to Install and Uninstall curl Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "curl" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install curl on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall curl on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: curl
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: web
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Alessandro Ghedini
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 332
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libcurl3-gnutls (= 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Filename: pool/main/c/curl/curl_7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19_amd64.deb
Size: 138544
MD5sum: 2083f01ccc5d243c53704c4e5216888c
SHA1: ad735d27c7d68fe966086ca27dfe61433511902a
SHA256: a23757333ac1fb0e6606d111583225ce0f359d487bd8f2541cdeb560d01f4291
SHA512: c862f3e26a5e67041856f8359cf77c1122a79984ea8d043a191c6aee4ef6946230841cb3103e589475fcfa752e082e8812a71c57107fe44ae75d33e5017bd512
Homepage: http://curl.haxx.se
Description-en: command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax
curl is a command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting
DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, POP3,
POP3S, RTMP, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET and TFTP.
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curl supports SSL certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP uploading, HTTP form
based upload, proxies, cookies, user+password authentication (Basic, Digest,
NTLM, Negotiate, kerberos...), file transfer resume, proxy tunneling and a
busload of other useful tricks.
Description-md5: f83293d10df083ae6f7bb7d01642913c
Task: cloud-image, server, edubuntu-desktop-gnome, ubuntu-sdk
Supported: 5y

Package: curl
Priority: optional
Section: web
Installed-Size: 329
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Alessandro Ghedini
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7.47.0-1ubuntu2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libcurl3-gnutls (= 7.47.0-1ubuntu2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Filename: pool/main/c/curl/curl_7.47.0-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 138474
MD5sum: 8b09c3c87fa7753dbc1a163f2a9b6280
SHA1: fe0e299a8bd72b15496623d3f71886d1d70dbacf
SHA256: 4aff43fce21dc5c58999ca3a085c461b6f800083a26f5fb0cc059d166cc2f6d8
Description-en: command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax
curl is a command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting
DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, POP3,
POP3S, RTMP, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET and TFTP.
.
curl supports SSL certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP uploading, HTTP form
based upload, proxies, cookies, user+password authentication (Basic, Digest,
NTLM, Negotiate, kerberos...), file transfer resume, proxy tunneling and a
busload of other useful tricks.
Description-md5: f83293d10df083ae6f7bb7d01642913c
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://curl.haxx.se
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: cloud-image, server, edubuntu-desktop-gnome, ubuntu-sdk