How to Install and Uninstall liblwipv6-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "liblwipv6-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install liblwipv6-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "liblwipv6-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall liblwipv6-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the liblwipv6-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: liblwipv6-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 526
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian VSquare Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: lwipv6
Version: 1.5a-2ubuntu2
Replaces: liblwipv6-1-dev
Depends: liblwipv6-2 (= 1.5a-2ubuntu2)
Conflicts: liblwipv6-1-dev
Filename: pool/universe/l/lwipv6/liblwipv6-dev_1.5a-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 99670
MD5sum: 08c57916199ca18f0f81cd35ded081e9
SHA1: fe0288ba5e620e5df6506dc6a853f35a4f19c9ea
SHA256: e9d43c6b42555fea4405c630bbcaa6c365e52665a861054c8fa6fb13fa613558
Description-en: Development files for the LWIPv6 library
LWIPv6 is a user level TCP/IP stack with the following features:
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Physical layer: ARP support, TUN/TAP/VDE drivers support.
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Network layer: IP forwarding, fragmentation, NAT, IPv6 Stateless Address
Autoconfiguration, Router Advertising support.
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Transport layer: TCP: congestion control, RTT estimation, fast recovery, fast
retransmit; UDP.
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Berkeley Socket API: Protocol families PF_INET, PF_INET6, PF_PACKET, partial
PF_NETLINK support; Socket types SOCK_STREAM, SOCK_DGRAM, SOCK_RAW support.
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LWIPv6 is used, for instance, by a UMView module to support user level
networking and configuration, usually together with VDE.
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LWIPv6, along with UMView, is part of the View-OS project:
http://wiki.virtualsquare.org
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This package contains the files needed to compile applications that link
LWIPv6.
Description-md5: 3481b819111ba206552d606560a3225a
Homepage: http://wiki.virtualsquare.org/index.php/LWIPV6
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu