How to Install and Uninstall libbsd-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "libbsd-dev" package

Please follow the steps below to install libbsd-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libbsd-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libbsd-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.8.2-1ubuntu0.1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: libbsd
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Guillem Jover
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 460
Depends: libbsd0 (= 0.8.2-1ubuntu0.1)
Replaces: libfreebsd-dev (<< 0.0-8)
Filename: pool/main/libb/libbsd/libbsd-dev_0.8.2-1ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 134266
MD5sum: 04543f9af13970e05874631de0aeb850
SHA1: db8db31062f5f6f9a209c7611a4e31aa4b063fb2
SHA256: 771c6d8a40141673e17a05af38e568faf7326e0ed17be1c88c874e31770f8139
SHA512: 069df0f25821f92444d9fcdef04dbb22dee3fe5c640fb6d29186e7cfb65ef77c485c7082f79cd62216b637a18c42c573b2bb21b081f41d45f7ee6682de2dda9a
Homepage: http://libbsd.freedesktop.org/
Description-en: utility functions from BSD systems - development files
This library provides some functions commonly available on BSD systems but
not on others like GNU systems.
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The currently provided functions are:
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* _time32_to_time, _time_to_time32, _time64_to_time, _time_to_time64,
_time_to_long, _long_to_time, _time_to_int, _int_to_time.
* MD5Data, MD5End, MD5File, MD5FileChunk, MD5Final, MD5Init, MD5Pad,
MD5Transform, MD5Update.
* arc4random, arc4random_addrandom, arc4random_buf, arc4random_stir,
arc4random_uniform.
* bsd_getopt.
* be16dec, be32dec, be64dec, le16dec, le32dec, le64dec.
* be16enc, be32enc, be64enc, le16enc, le32enc, le64enc.
* closefrom.
* expand_number, dehumanize_number, humanize_number, strtonum, fmtcheck.
* explicit_bzero.
* errc, verrc, vwarnc, warnc.
* fgetln, fparseln, fgetwln, flopen, fpurge, funopen.
* getbsize.
* getmode, setmode, strmode,
* getpeereid.
* getprogname, setprogname.
* heapsort, radixsort, mergesort, sradixsort.
* nlist (ELF and a.out support).
* pidfile_open, pidfile_write, pidfile_close, pidfile_remove.
* readpassphrase.
* reallocarray, reallocf.
* setproctitle (initialized via libbsd-ctor or setproctitle_init).
* sl_init, sl_add, sl_free, sl_find.
* strlcpy, strlcat.
* strnstr.
* strnvis, strnunvis, strunvis, strunvisx, strvis, strvisx, unvis, vis.
* wcslcat, wcslcpy.
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Also included are some queue macro definitions not present on includes
from glibc.
Description-md5: 4e437f0346830206fd80dff6c9986c77
Supported: 5y

Package: libbsd-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 460
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Guillem Jover
Architecture: amd64
Source: libbsd
Version: 0.8.2-1
Replaces: libfreebsd-dev (<< 0.0-8)
Depends: libbsd0 (= 0.8.2-1)
Filename: pool/main/libb/libbsd/libbsd-dev_0.8.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 134398
MD5sum: 244a5d7e7ccc0ee280281b12cabce211
SHA1: f3f43db2eba93a9101284a82cde09d79cb8e2bd5
SHA256: 4775c3c69085ffc80c1c5fed273f4460d91efe24b582bd5526ccf5a60506c280
Description-en: utility functions from BSD systems - development files
This library provides some functions commonly available on BSD systems but
not on others like GNU systems.
.
The currently provided functions are:
.
* _time32_to_time, _time_to_time32, _time64_to_time, _time_to_time64,
_time_to_long, _long_to_time, _time_to_int, _int_to_time.
* MD5Data, MD5End, MD5File, MD5FileChunk, MD5Final, MD5Init, MD5Pad,
MD5Transform, MD5Update.
* arc4random, arc4random_addrandom, arc4random_buf, arc4random_stir,
arc4random_uniform.
* bsd_getopt.
* be16dec, be32dec, be64dec, le16dec, le32dec, le64dec.
* be16enc, be32enc, be64enc, le16enc, le32enc, le64enc.
* closefrom.
* expand_number, dehumanize_number, humanize_number, strtonum, fmtcheck.
* explicit_bzero.
* errc, verrc, vwarnc, warnc.
* fgetln, fparseln, fgetwln, flopen, fpurge, funopen.
* getbsize.
* getmode, setmode, strmode,
* getpeereid.
* getprogname, setprogname.
* heapsort, radixsort, mergesort, sradixsort.
* nlist (ELF and a.out support).
* pidfile_open, pidfile_write, pidfile_close, pidfile_remove.
* readpassphrase.
* reallocarray, reallocf.
* setproctitle (initialized via libbsd-ctor or setproctitle_init).
* sl_init, sl_add, sl_free, sl_find.
* strlcpy, strlcat.
* strnstr.
* strnvis, strnunvis, strunvis, strunvisx, strvis, strvisx, unvis, vis.
* wcslcat, wcslcpy.
.
Also included are some queue macro definitions not present on includes
from glibc.
Description-md5: 4e437f0346830206fd80dff6c9986c77
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://libbsd.freedesktop.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m