How to Install and Uninstall approx Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "approx" package

Please follow the instructions below to install approx on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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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 guidance below to uninstall approx on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: approx
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.10-2build1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Eric Cooper
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 6778
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), libpcre3, adduser, bzip2, curl, rsyslog | system-log-daemon, xz-utils
Suggests: libconfig-model-approx-perl
Filename: pool/universe/a/approx/approx_5.10-2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 1372908
MD5sum: 5f25a05a547db19c46fff6158defe621
SHA1: 63acf5ffc222a4f3f903bd3bc09430ef37407de2
SHA256: 4010b6d12baf3d7b49ad70ce93b0e4246cedde14f7700e7c03ea781dd3b53c97
SHA512: f7b9a726b63575035bc426ac6cec6f3ff9fc0040e63dcf3036357bbccfaee0402c77a969377cbdf034b577b0969208b2b1353b7ddaf86719fcea364e9b8d3503
Homepage: http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-ocaml-maint/packages/approx.git
Description-en: caching proxy server for Debian archive files
Approx is an HTTP-based proxy server for Debian-style package archives.
It fetches files from remote repositories on demand,
and caches them for local use.
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Approx saves time and network bandwidth if you need to install or
upgrade .deb packages for a number of machines on a local network.
Each package is downloaded from a remote site only once,
regardless of how many local clients install it.
The approx cache typically requires a few gigabytes of disk space.
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Approx also simplifies the administration of client machines:
repository locations need only be changed in approx's configuration file,
not in every client's /etc/apt/sources.list file.
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Approx can be used as a replacement for apt-proxy,
with no need to modify clients' /etc/apt/sources.list files,
or as an alternative to apt-cacher.
Description-md5: 2f5350f98dbadffdaa97201d17cbf419