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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "socat" package

Please follow the guidance below to install socat on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall socat on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: socat
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 919
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.7.3.1-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.1), libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~)
Filename: pool/universe/s/socat/socat_1.7.3.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 321050
MD5sum: 553cdae6432bedccd4419a90c74681be
SHA1: 0c9341e8dbaca2d001aa08ac8e3b9604ed147a20
SHA256: 387740ef6a6e4ba846eef9c00b4227cb178452cc2b1ca86c18fc0ab14e993313
Description-en: multipurpose relay for bidirectional data transfer
Socat (for SOcket CAT) establishes two bidirectional byte streams
and transfers data between them. Data channels may be files, pipes,
devices (terminal or modem, etc.), or sockets (Unix, IPv4, IPv6, raw,
UDP, TCP, SSL). It provides forking, logging and tracing, different
modes for interprocess communication and many more options.
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It can be used, for example, as a TCP relay (one-shot or daemon),
as an external socksifier, as a shell interface to Unix sockets,
as an IPv6 relay, as a netcat and rinetd replacement, to redirect
TCP-oriented programs to a serial line, or to establish a relatively
secure environment (su and chroot) for running client or server shell
scripts inside network connections. Socat supports sctp as of 1.7.0.
Description-md5: 756f78d1d190c48fab624c958dfcb5ab
Homepage: http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 3y
Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, edubuntu-desktop-gnome