How to Install and Uninstall lksctp-tools Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "lksctp-tools" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install lksctp-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "lksctp-tools" package

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


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

Package: lksctp-tools
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 146
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Biebl
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0.16+dfsg-3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.16), libsctp1 (>= 1.0.12+dfsg)
Filename: pool/universe/l/lksctp-tools/lksctp-tools_1.0.16+dfsg-3_amd64.deb
Size: 42490
MD5sum: 260f0a1bfbb8623dabc604ad9d6d3d18
SHA1: 7e732b6bd6fea90aaa5481c7c1b10ddcfebc362c
SHA256: c461a013e9610d8ebccc010473c790fa87c3edd956046a229b392634e07d48c0
Description-en: user-space access to Linux kernel SCTP - commandline tools
SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) is a message oriented,
reliable transport protocol, with congestion control, support for
transparent multi-homing, and multiple ordered streams of messages.
RFC 2960 defines the core protocol.
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This package is part of the LKSCTP project, and contains libraries and
commandline tools to test SCTP functionality:
* checksctp: determine if kernel supports SCTP
* withsctp: run existing TCP binaries over SCTP
* sctp_darn: send and receive messages via SCTP
* sctp_test: check SCTP functionality from user-space
Description-md5: 461d09027f08c978d8b88395f123484d
Homepage: http://lksctp.sf.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu