How to Install and Uninstall cachefilesd Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: March 11,2025

1. Install "cachefilesd" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install cachefilesd on Kali Linux


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall cachefilesd on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                cachefilesd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cachefilesd package on Kali Linux

Package: cachefilesd
Version: 0.10.10-0.4
Installed-Size: 87
Maintainer: Shane Wegner
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Size: 29684
SHA256: 0221dfc41419f59157e7023ab242f190e683a16e3374a34c935b788a4b3832c9
SHA1: 48d16767bac08ccac0a1dc8867d02b9ae46da28a
MD5sum: 8d8a91a8405f2cc445b37466fca2015a
Description: support fscache on already mounted filesystem
FSCache is a generic caching manager in the Linux kernel which can be used
by network and other filesystems to cache data locally.
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CacheFiles is an FSCache backend that's meant to use as a cache a directory on
an already mounted filesystem of a local type (such as Ext3). This package
installs the userspace support required by the cachefiles backend.
Description-md5:
Tag: admin::filesystem, admin::kernel, devel::lang:c, devel::library,
implemented-in::c, role::devel-lib, role::program
Section: otherosfs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cachefilesd/cachefilesd_0.10.10-0.4_amd64.deb