How to Install and Uninstall approx Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "approx" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install approx on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall approx on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the approx package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: approx
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.10-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Eric Cooper
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 5817
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libpcre3, adduser, bzip2, curl, rsyslog | system-log-daemon, xz-utils
Suggests: libconfig-model-approx-perl
Filename: pool/universe/a/approx/approx_5.10-1_amd64.deb
Size: 1137128
MD5sum: c488b0f7179b7e1ef85e54bd890b66ae
SHA1: 4c65bb763691feebeee539d52e6cbcfdcf47f6ad
SHA256: 21fea958b7b2780e330b6a5d890afb22944ad2fafe72a9e35b272c4d8bd6ccc2
Homepage: http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-ocaml-maint/packages/approx.git
Description: caching proxy server for Debian archive files
Description-md5: 2f5350f98dbadffdaa97201d17cbf419