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

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "memcached" package

This is a short guide on how to install memcached on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall memcached on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


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

Package: memcached
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.5.22-2ubuntu0.3
Priority: optional
Section: web
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Chris Lamb
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 332
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: adduser, libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), lsb-base, perl, perl:any, libc6 (>= 2.17), libevent-2.1-7 (>= 2.1.8-stable), libsasl2-2 (>= 2.1.27+dfsg)
Suggests: libanyevent-perl, libcache-memcached-perl, libmemcached, libterm-readkey-perl, libyaml-perl
Filename: pool/main/m/memcached/memcached_1.5.22-2ubuntu0.3_amd64.deb
Size: 128224
MD5sum: 549fba005fe2e9a96d7fa9326acc1706
SHA1: 9e699bf67a876ae529d999e10f8d14f964df8e7a
SHA256: ff8efa71e93080eac3ae9041c674e1b078a6455e798f788a294b7cf275d1615e
SHA512: 4b8021c93e71f6517342a6ede3a80b68fbc6a96ea9d296bd890dfe545b40ab6f6246639f5116c4dbc46a96637a10724c71a917dc644d34916ef11701f0b28689
Homepage: https://memcached.org/
Description: High-performance in-memory object caching system
Description-md5: bce5393edad27bfe3ded536243320594

Package: memcached
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.5.22-2
Priority: optional
Section: web
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Chris Lamb
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 323
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: adduser, lsb-base, perl, perl:any, libc6 (>= 2.17), libevent-2.1-7 (>= 2.1.8-stable), libsasl2-2 (>= 2.1.27+dfsg)
Suggests: libanyevent-perl, libcache-memcached-perl, libmemcached, libterm-readkey-perl, libyaml-perl
Filename: pool/main/m/memcached/memcached_1.5.22-2_amd64.deb
Size: 125608
MD5sum: af7738055caae39767863fd26acd1c90
SHA1: b7793986c0ec0bb926dffbc2b33fd81cc21096d7
SHA256: 576bf51c61f647424d67fa5bd6be8beccc633fbe80de734e0e3c20168899fc24
Homepage: https://memcached.org/
Description: High-performance in-memory object caching system
Description-md5: bce5393edad27bfe3ded536243320594