How to Install and Uninstall libwscodecs1 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "libwscodecs1" package

Please follow the steps below to install libwscodecs1 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libwscodecs1" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libwscodecs1 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 libwscodecs1 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libwscodecs1
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.2.6+g32dac6a-2ubuntu0.16.04
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Source: wireshark
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Balint Reczey
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 88
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libsbc1, libwsutil7 (>= 1.12.0~rc1)
Filename: pool/universe/w/wireshark/libwscodecs1_2.2.6+g32dac6a-2ubuntu0.16.04_amd64.deb
Size: 16842
MD5sum: 61cb846350b6a2e66da0ea0616081660
SHA1: daee61a36a776ca5ef50fe09c471309d936a6d21
SHA256: 908b1da0d5c271961218111d7d422cc1509627b5891659c93a4bfe6102ac1655
SHA512: 46fc5f8ca2e0910e4a6733f1a0ba6948b5a4ddea2216b51318d1754367dad69ac41b70e2a3127bf49107b8ad19f4787025d665e1ac113e35db57333c2ee0eb39
Homepage: http://www.wireshark.org/
Description-en: network packet dissection codecs library -- shared library
The libwscodecs library provides codec functions for libwireshark8.
Description-md5: d5a80fbd5799a6b2002cc2c46de78e82