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

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "libssl-dev" package

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


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall libssl-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libssl-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.19
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: openssl
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian OpenSSL Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 7034
Depends: libssl1.0.0 (= 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.19), zlib1g-dev
Recommends: libssl-doc
Filename: pool/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.19_amd64.deb
Size: 1346076
MD5sum: 724e83fa319abfea2432fde8ead48e7d
SHA1: d42b046dc12794a534ac4598216bada46b537ff9
SHA256: effe8793f90c34f5c19a3ffb0a5714af7343162ea88aa3362725ad285810ae57
SHA512: 975725d139a1fb246107845def65cdcbc46640ad2c48eafdbbf3401f7a3f722b83d4af244ef2b54f486dfc31ca13c395b5c9ac356f309c9bf7934d33c071b1dd
Description-en: Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - development files
This package is part of the OpenSSL project's implementation of the SSL
and TLS cryptographic protocols for secure communication over the
Internet.
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It contains development libraries, header files, and manpages for libssl
and libcrypto.
Description-md5: 27044468897c45b271f879c7c6e135fe
Task: ubuntu-sdk-libs-dev
Supported: 5y

Package: libssl-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 7254
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian OpenSSL Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: openssl
Version: 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4
Depends: libssl1.0.0 (= 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4), zlib1g-dev
Recommends: libssl-doc
Filename: pool/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_1.0.2g-1ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 1393428
MD5sum: c03c72afe096a514d915202535366907
SHA1: acbf14202a039a647e055e479f8b49a56c45cee2
SHA256: 1fae5cdbb151f6bb808006ade4e1a0957a32e32158602540877744800d8ae269
Description-en: Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - development files
This package is part of the OpenSSL project's implementation of the SSL
and TLS cryptographic protocols for secure communication over the
Internet.
.
It contains development libraries, header files, and manpages for libssl
and libcrypto.
Description-md5: 27044468897c45b271f879c7c6e135fe
Multi-Arch: same
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m
Task: ubuntu-sdk-libs-dev