How to Install and Uninstall libc-ares2 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "libc-ares2" package

Please follow the steps below to install libc-ares2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libc-ares2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libc-ares2" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall libc-ares2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libc-ares2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libc-ares2 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libc-ares2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.10.0-3ubuntu0.2
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: extra
Section: libs
Source: c-ares
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Andreas Schuldei
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 86
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
Conflicts: libcares2
Replaces: libc-ares1
Filename: pool/main/c/c-ares/libc-ares2_1.10.0-3ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb
Size: 34078
MD5sum: 780fb1baa15f4d426d7e701287edd14c
SHA1: 5a446f633c150590e6d15985f1c6c32b59b53288
SHA256: 6c79e1d6bed281722b15c2ba20b49ba7b9f59d3794cad2963d9c7c61a184fd38
SHA512: 19d1f0c81d103d36ed79ddb6c61e8a751c1160a8c89628e0332dd23b9752eb2998081da05f32557a3f635e9df846a2c7924f018a8b540b723fec3d703febb4d5
Homepage: http://c-ares.haxx.se/
Description-en: asynchronous name resolver
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 provides the shared libraries.
Description-md5: 2ddfa5de14223839b0bc40795e305cef
Task: ubuntu-touch-core, ubuntu-touch
Supported: 5y

Package: libc-ares2
Priority: extra
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 86
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Andreas Schuldei
Architecture: amd64
Source: c-ares
Version: 1.10.0-3
Replaces: libc-ares1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
Conflicts: libcares2
Filename: pool/main/c/c-ares/libc-ares2_1.10.0-3_amd64.deb
Size: 33944
MD5sum: fdcfa5a174140c2ecf2fc7079d3ae6c2
SHA1: 5ba29358347e8141fae8f273f86dec52a03b52b6
SHA256: 6624b4568a31f0402ca45204de3797efb248a475c10143dcfa64e6fc516afd9a
Description-en: asynchronous name resolver
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 provides the shared libraries.
Description-md5: 2ddfa5de14223839b0bc40795e305cef
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://c-ares.haxx.se/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-touch-core, ubuntu-touch