How to Install and Uninstall libcurl3 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "libcurl3" package

This guide let you learn how to install libcurl3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install libcurl3

2. Uninstall "libcurl3" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libcurl3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove libcurl3 $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the libcurl3 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libcurl3
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Source: curl
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Alessandro Ghedini
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 564
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.10+dfsg~), libidn11 (>= 1.13), libldap-2.4-2 (>= 2.4.7), librtmp1 (>= 2.4+20131018.git79459a2-3~), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.2~beta3), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: ca-certificates
Filename: pool/main/c/curl/libcurl3_7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19_amd64.deb
Size: 191576
MD5sum: 036e4902ab9fe90ce00b4b976327bd80
SHA1: e85814b61f07cfec35801753f5daec7c48a40e9c
SHA256: 5478625e2f6d38f44c5c336ad0cb3f83e80ef6f3e28e51665bb9f56804e59e38
SHA512: 7306ec16a18c76d2e83aa17eeec0736e72d3b847aa53f711de0ae64ff2d09e4a734b34b823e0222684e37287b9589e445122b54fe40a279285e33bcc1c70f0ee
Homepage: http://curl.haxx.se
Description-en: easy-to-use client-side URL transfer library (OpenSSL flavour)
libcurl is an easy-to-use client-side URL transfer library, supporting DICT,
FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, POP3, POP3S,
RTMP, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET and TFTP.
.
libcurl 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, http proxy tunneling
and more!
.
libcurl is free, thread-safe, IPv6 compatible, feature rich, well supported,
fast, thoroughly documented and is already used by many known, big and
successful companies and numerous applications.
.
SSL support is provided by OpenSSL.
Description-md5: f1c7f18aba2d8ab7a7e32acea1dc61e7
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-sdk-libs, ubuntu-touch, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop
Supported: 5y

Package: libcurl3
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 549
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Alessandro Ghedini
Architecture: amd64
Source: curl
Version: 7.47.0-1ubuntu2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.10+dfsg~), libidn11 (>= 1.13), libldap-2.4-2 (>= 2.4.7), librtmp1 (>= 2.4+20131018.git79459a2-3~), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.2~beta3), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: ca-certificates
Filename: pool/main/c/curl/libcurl3_7.47.0-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 184916
MD5sum: 9a69e246a2d77b8928df9133f5e4aba4
SHA1: 4c7cbb8663ce2565459709d6afcfafef9bdb5590
SHA256: 192a76cb5a7cbda4112605aee6722c17c804c78e9b443e27231a4633babbc518
Description-en: easy-to-use client-side URL transfer library (OpenSSL flavour)
libcurl is an easy-to-use client-side URL transfer library, supporting DICT,
FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, POP3, POP3S,
RTMP, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET and TFTP.
.
libcurl 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, http proxy tunneling
and more!
.
libcurl is free, thread-safe, IPv6 compatible, feature rich, well supported,
fast, thoroughly documented and is already used by many known, big and
successful companies and numerous applications.
.
SSL support is provided by OpenSSL.
Description-md5: f1c7f18aba2d8ab7a7e32acea1dc61e7
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://curl.haxx.se
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-sdk-libs, ubuntu-touch, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop

5. The same packages on other Linux Distributions