Complete Guide: Installing stone on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) 2025

1. Install "stone" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install stone on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall stone on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: stone
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 228
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Takuo Kitame
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.3.e-2build1
Replaces: stone-ssl
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0), openssl
Conflicts: stone-ssl
Filename: pool/universe/s/stone/stone_2.3.e-2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 78688
MD5sum: 8588c8654883745bfdb11db7c8d52fc3
SHA1: ce393d471d9e8d16e744410baea762c0e0845b72
SHA256: 7864a04f5de87e172621d83f27bf39e965752d4cf8cf8b15281e53fff3bcd920
Description-en: TCP/IP packet repeater in the application layer
It repeats TCP and UDP packets from inside to outside of a firewall, or from
outside to inside.
Stone supports SSL. stone can encrypt/decrypt packets with OpenSSL library.
Stone can also be a tiny http proxy.
POP -> APOP conversion. With stone and a mailer that does not support APOP,
you can access to an APOP server.
Description-md5: b52e3c55da78e503c68df61ec68723ff
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu