How to Install and Uninstall distcc Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "distcc" package

This guide let you learn how to install distcc on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall distcc on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                distcc
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the distcc package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: distcc
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.3.3-2ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Christian Marillat
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 630
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libavahi-client3 (>= 0.6.16), libavahi-common3 (>= 0.6.16), libc6 (>= 2.16), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.17), libpopt0 (>= 1.14), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, adduser (>= 3.52), netbase (>= 4.09), lsb-base (>= 3.2-13)
Suggests: distccmon-gnome, ccache, distcc-pump, dbus, dmucs
Filename: pool/universe/d/distcc/distcc_3.3.3-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 177368
MD5sum: f34b53518f1a2c78f70baf3ed925db8e
SHA1: 32fd88724848e4efcd9633710e5fdd3c30ea59d3
SHA256: 948f0bab67d611c66aaea44ef0dc03cb709894987d3f271ecb7af1776d2db873
Homepage: https://distcc.github.io/
Description: simple distributed compiler client and server
Description-md5: a14025a1551cf285c7c07c7ab0eaf8e0