How to Install and Uninstall ssl-cert Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "ssl-cert" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install ssl-cert on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install ssl-cert

2. Uninstall "ssl-cert" package

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

$ sudo apt remove ssl-cert $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the ssl-cert package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: ssl-cert
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 61
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Apache Maintainers
Architecture: all
Version: 1.0.37
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, openssl (>= 0.9.8g-9), adduser
Suggests: openssl-blacklist
Filename: pool/main/s/ssl-cert/ssl-cert_1.0.37_all.deb
Size: 16874
MD5sum: 3cc60e0018ca21171598f159ec6b2eff
SHA1: 0fe153265742bd282ab937cb8e7346184026270c
SHA256: 505fd58dd6c445a627b7978db2ab06af1b29e40b709ab665b639d6613ddd9402
Description-en: simple debconf wrapper for OpenSSL
This package enables unattended installs of packages that
need to create SSL certificates.
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It is a simple wrapper for OpenSSL's certificate request utility that
feeds it with the correct user variables.
Description-md5: 5def45ff95c1ca066f6999553bb7628f
Multi-Arch: foreign
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
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