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

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "sendfile" package

This is a short guide on how to install sendfile on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                sendfile
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "sendfile" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall sendfile on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: sendfile
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 602
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Martin Schulze
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.1b.20080616-5.3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libreadline6 (>= 6.0), openbsd-inetd | inet-superserver, perl | perl5, update-inetd, libdpkg-perl
Suggests: pgp-i
Filename: pool/universe/s/sendfile/sendfile_2.1b.20080616-5.3_amd64.deb
Size: 177232
MD5sum: 92841117ec97688d903dd872e0d4604f
SHA1: 71a8e161ce9bacac8df740e3c831145c406801a6
SHA256: d9469bc3cd33c2fc7f7d3a3986366b624603edd18a9057387eb0122afe213006
Description-en: Simple Asynchronous File Transfer
Sendfile is an asynchronous file transfer service for the Internet,
like the sendfile facility in Bitnet: Any user A can send files to
another user B without B being active in any way.
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The existing standard file transfer (ftp) is a synchronous service:
The user must have access to an account on the sending and on the
receiving site, too.
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Sendfile for Unix, which is an implementation of the SAFT protocol
(Simple Asynchronous File Transfer) now offers you a true
asynchronous file transfer service for the Internet. Virtually any
form of file can be sent, including encrypted ones. The SAFT
protocol will be submitted as an RFC in the near future.
Description-md5: 544c219ea9ea2e5464e79b350c4ef1a4
Homepage: http://fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/saft/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu