How to Install and Uninstall libwhisker2-perl Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "libwhisker2-perl" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libwhisker2-perl on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libwhisker2-perl" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libwhisker2-perl on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libwhisker2-perl package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libwhisker2-perl
Priority: optional
Section: universe/perl
Installed-Size: 356
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Vincent Bernat
Architecture: all
Version: 2.5-1
Depends: perl
Recommends: libnet-ssleay-perl
Filename: pool/universe/libw/libwhisker2-perl/libwhisker2-perl_2.5-1_all.deb
Size: 118604
MD5sum: efd9ae5c549bd4d3eb8e5f174473385b
SHA1: 16f90552be7df2524d5d849e4485140355664750
SHA256: 89332ba3ae7668b1f706d7707b683a6607944458fd7d8c120d3788ae98035922
Description-en: Perl module geared for HTTP testing
This package provides LibWhisker 2 (LW2), a flexible, portable and
self-contained Perl module implementing fast and small replacements
to the usual HTTP testing functions, as available in LWP, URI,
HTML::Parser, MIME::Base64, etc.
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It supports:
- HTTP 0.9, 1.0, and 1.1;
- persistent connections (with keep-alives);
- proxying;
- anti-IDS features;
- SSL (through libnet-ssleay-perl);
- chunked encoding;
- basic and NTLM authentication.
Description-md5: 945dbc6beecd5833f56ab3024ec6c8c6
Homepage: http://www.wiretrip.net/rfp/lw.asp
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu