How to Install and Uninstall apt-cacher Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: September 16,2024

1. Install "apt-cacher" package

Please follow the guidance below to install apt-cacher on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall apt-cacher on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: apt-cacher
Architecture: all
Version: 1.7.16
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Mark Hindley
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 289
Depends: perl:any, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libwww-curl-perl (>= 4.00), libwww-perl, ed, libio-interface-perl, libfilesys-df-perl, libnetaddr-ip-perl, lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), update-inetd, libsys-syscall-perl, ucf (>= 0.28), libipc-shareable-perl, libdpkg-perl
Recommends: libberkeleydb-perl (>= 0.34), libio-compress-lzma-perl
Suggests: libio-socket-inet6-perl, libfreezethaw-perl
Filename: pool/universe/a/apt-cacher/apt-cacher_1.7.16_all.deb
Size: 83692
MD5sum: d093ab96039871b3d70f03b78afc8db3
SHA1: 8ba0ff4b0b634b526f8ae0f70172bec56a3d956d
SHA256: 93e4980e055fc07454b064e7623a7a26dc73c6c9b2e1c1505467ac06790bb269
Description: Caching proxy server for Debian/Ubuntu software repositories
Description-md5: e738459dd0f1f9b89b175dd5dd55a2a0