How to Install and Uninstall libsocket6-perl Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: September 21,2024

1. Install "libsocket6-perl" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libsocket6-perl on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libsocket6-perl
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libsocket6-perl" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libsocket6-perl on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libsocket6-perl
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libsocket6-perl package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libsocket6-perl
Priority: optional
Section: perl
Installed-Size: 68
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Perl Group
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.25-1build2
Depends: perl (>= 5.22.1-1), perlapi-5.22.1, libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/main/libs/libsocket6-perl/libsocket6-perl_0.25-1build2_amd64.deb
Size: 22758
MD5sum: 054a924e1ff4cc918e99117fc36d638d
SHA1: 453327b7971c6b06e6b14770bc15a67c31a3b83e
SHA256: f4e32b189a0d8b4fe0ec0df17f39bf597750d7645fa0a39f900c7079a87e8978
Description-en: Perl extensions for IPv6
The Socket6 module supports getaddrinfo() and getnameinfo() to intend
to enable protocol independent programming. If your environment
supports IPv6, IPv6 related defines such as AF_INET6 are included.
Description-md5: c2a83f9e6e10a4e09e3a82921d3af478
Homepage: https://metacpan.org/release/Socket6
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-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-sdk, ubuntukylin-desktop