How to Install and Uninstall libmodbus5 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "libmodbus5" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libmodbus5 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install libmodbus5

2. Uninstall "libmodbus5" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libmodbus5 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove libmodbus5 $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the libmodbus5 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libmodbus5
Priority: extra
Section: universe/libs
Installed-Size: 82
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ivo De Decker
Architecture: amd64
Source: libmodbus
Version: 3.0.6-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15)
Pre-Depends: multiarch-support
Filename: pool/universe/libm/libmodbus/libmodbus5_3.0.6-1_amd64.deb
Size: 18372
MD5sum: f80196c1aebe134f88b280273bf7f17f
SHA1: 6ec12726cf5926602a8b5505d45d6950ea32b9a3
SHA256: 1e0cf72a319aeea5f1a34f8c34e72b278fe2a95927834768847f091e42e4205d
Description-en: library for the Modbus protocol
A Modbus library written in C, to send/receive data with a device which
respects the Modbus protocol. This library can use a serial port or an
Ethernet connection.
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This package contains the shared library.
Description-md5: c6ad0aa78fc2b26d475235f37a7cbbff
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://libmodbus.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu