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

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "libnacl-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libnacl-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libnacl-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libnacl-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libnacl-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libnacl-dev
Priority: extra
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 477
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Sergiusz Pawlowicz
Architecture: amd64
Source: nacl
Version: 20110221-4.1
Filename: pool/universe/n/nacl/libnacl-dev_20110221-4.1_amd64.deb
Size: 108774
MD5sum: 5736a59aa1ad1b539c1dc1a4a692e722
SHA1: 45001bb4e759351b85c74877161db76888e57ace
SHA256: cb59fc4b2691eac3efee71fe0200db45cc3a08e5f6aaa231f45cb22e49586df5
Description-en: High-speed software library for network communication
NaCl (pronounced "salt") is a new easy-to-use high-speed
software library for network communication, encryption,
decryption, signatures, etc. NaCl's goal is to provide
all of the core operations needed to build higher-level
cryptographic tools.
This package contains header and library files needed
for software development that makes use of NaCl.
Description-md5: e1cdd33a5a613a6864b25b58370820ed
Homepage: http://nacl.cace-project.eu/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu