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

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "libc-ares-dev" package

Learn how to install libc-ares-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libc-ares-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libc-ares-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libc-ares-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libc-ares-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.10.0-3ubuntu0.2
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: extra
Section: libdevel
Source: c-ares
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Andreas Schuldei
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 289
Depends: libc-ares2 (= 1.10.0-3ubuntu0.2)
Conflicts: libares-dev
Filename: pool/main/c/c-ares/libc-ares-dev_1.10.0-3ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb
Size: 101090
MD5sum: cf51ee94b18a17446cfb49baf24c5f8e
SHA1: 80196467bb0629d5133db1808e1d03d9729bb40a
SHA256: b307405e4ba62b6242714bda7b7337e9d33b3965047ae18f4cad036b1642a413
SHA512: d8d50b26b4422771bdbaf6a7ee121b796ca313da5a025a28b9d61ae366a40e9e494704f538b5fe39467921de47da95da557b08a2fc32d04b3b124bb4493db9f2
Homepage: http://c-ares.haxx.se/
Description-en: asynchronous name resolver - development files
c-ares is a C library that performs DNS requests and name resolution
asynchronously.
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It is a fork of the library named "ares", with additional features:
* IPv6 support;
* extended cross-platform portability;
* 64-bit clean sources.
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This package contains development files (headers and static libraries).
Description-md5: 457af4d18b9753c3360923898df35b1f
Supported: 5y

Package: libc-ares-dev
Priority: extra
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 289
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Andreas Schuldei
Architecture: amd64
Source: c-ares
Version: 1.10.0-3
Depends: libc-ares2 (= 1.10.0-3)
Conflicts: libares-dev
Filename: pool/main/c/c-ares/libc-ares-dev_1.10.0-3_amd64.deb
Size: 100994
MD5sum: 8bded847c56a23c911335060abe94c2a
SHA1: db91e74690f2b2f17fb96c6fe2b07097a4fd6998
SHA256: f5b870f2ec8bef097ab5fbc9fab8a8c2f4b3918e97a0dd2bb5cf458b0b099b2a
Description-en: asynchronous name resolver - development files
c-ares is a C library that performs DNS requests and name resolution
asynchronously.
.
It is a fork of the library named "ares", with additional features:
* IPv6 support;
* extended cross-platform portability;
* 64-bit clean sources.
.
This package contains development files (headers and static libraries).
Description-md5: 457af4d18b9753c3360923898df35b1f
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://c-ares.haxx.se/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m