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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "libxcrypt-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libxcrypt-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: libxcrypt-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 125
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Source: libxcrypt
Version: 1:2.4-3.1
Depends: libxcrypt1 (= 1:2.4-3.1)
Filename: pool/universe/libx/libxcrypt/libxcrypt-dev_2.4-3.1_amd64.deb
Size: 28776
MD5sum: f553522e8b8edc42fe621ab1eea4078b
SHA1: ce411f7783a4b69c306be07b602be86290c79962
SHA256: 4479d435a3eb0e4a675343fd7dc2ed5646d5ff28c75f3b270e5ac90557cd7d58
Description-en: Development files for Crypt library
libxcrypt is a replacement for libcrypt, which comes with the GNU C
Library. It supports, beside DES crypt and MD5, passwords with blowfish
encryption.
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This package contains the header files and static libraries, which are
necessary to develop your own software using libxcrypt.
Description-md5: 381d4bba14fbf5326a3167a907a5e3c1
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu