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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "hpsockd" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install hpsockd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install hpsockd

2. Uninstall "hpsockd" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall hpsockd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove hpsockd $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the hpsockd package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: hpsockd
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 298
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: LaMont Jones
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.17build2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libdb5.3
Filename: pool/universe/h/hpsockd/hpsockd_0.17build2_amd64.deb
Size: 98380
MD5sum: b58fb1d87507e7214496ce9ace773b89
SHA1: fbfb72ae4e574fb9716f3e58dcbe09c2d92277c0
SHA256: 22d7bbb3bf304aab7669603718342f11db418872700c589c6a6f32fcb5c9a687
Description-en: HP SOCKS server
Hpsockd is yet-another SOCKS server, with both version 5 (RFC1928 and
others) as well as version 4 support, originally written at
Hewlett-Packard Company.
Description-md5: 544101f70a2e02405d1f66cb684b1e08
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu