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

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "libident" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libident on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libident
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libident" package

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


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

Package: libident
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Installed-Size: 74
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Paul Slootman
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.22-3build4
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15)
Suggests: libident-dev
Filename: pool/universe/libi/libident/libident_0.22-3build4_amd64.deb
Size: 14662
MD5sum: fff778c187aefca1cdbbf253d046564b
SHA1: 1db06281769581c95a8301672c0f44068f9af021
SHA256: efa7f11f30f95b76e511c3a3c9bc96fe8d80233a269e22e50ff248f9974ab208
Description-en: simple RFC1413 client library - runtime
This is a small library to interface to the Ident protocol server;
"ident" enables a remote host to find out who's the owner of a
network connection.
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/usr/sbin/in.identtestd is a small daemon (to be started from inetd)
that does an ident lookup on you if you telnet into it. Can be used
to verify that your Ident server is working correctly.
Description-md5: 199960463ab87d482f67cffe21dd348d
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu