How to Install and Uninstall apt-cacher Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: December 03,2024

You can also install and uninstall the apt-cacher on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "apt-cacher" package

Please follow the guidance below to install apt-cacher on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                apt-cacher
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "apt-cacher" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall apt-cacher on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                apt-cacher
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the apt-cacher package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: apt-cacher
Version: 1.7.29
Installed-Size: 266
Maintainer: Mark Hindley
Architecture: all
Depends: distro-info-data, ed, libdpkg-perl, libfilesys-df-perl, libio-interactive-perl, libio-interface-perl, libipc-sharelite-perl, libnetaddr-ip-perl, libsys-syscall-perl, libwww-curl-perl, libwww-perl, lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), update-inetd, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, perl:any
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Recommends: libberkeleydb-perl, libio-compress-lzma-perl
Suggests: libfreezethaw-perl, libio-socket-inet6-perl
Description: Caching proxy server for Debian/Ubuntu/Devuan software repositories
Description-md5: c2a7cf862bdc0d1afaec036dba0d3c94
Tag: admin::file-distribution, admin::package-management,
implemented-in::perl, interface::daemon, network::server,
network::service, protocol::ftp, protocol::http, protocol::ssl,
role::program, suite::debian, use::downloading, use::proxying,
use::storing, web::cgi, works-with-format::html, works-with::bugs,
works-with::file, works-with::network-traffic,
works-with::software:package, works-with::software:source,
works-with::text
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/apt-cacher/apt-cacher_1.7.29_all.deb
Size: 80260
MD5sum: 549a94df729ecaf72a1a4ab017542dc8
SHA256: a351ed8e63e1aae04b08fec5429458f26fa6cabb18b0a9089a10fd88494861a4