How to Install and Uninstall apt-cacher Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "apt-cacher" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install apt-cacher on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall apt-cacher on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: apt-cacher
Architecture: all
Version: 1.7.20.1
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, libio-interactive-perl, libfilesys-df-perl, libnetaddr-ip-perl, lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), update-inetd, libsys-syscall-perl, 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_1.7.20.1_all.deb
Size: 82180
MD5sum: 6ca0fa1707e26555a8b2af18dbbff506
SHA1: db5c775bf884e3b2b8c190303d741925e9d144b3
SHA256: 1b2b222431295e70d850f134797cf050d6075f0f6baf60f79e302c77dace43fa
SHA512: 3ef760be816fc8a9570c1bf2d7f94067d94d957a02fd8495bee4bc58ac82dca4f4610262415c6a79511e7854e65387f03b931f289de9b2ee19180c4b4ca8386a
Description-en: Caching proxy server for Debian/Ubuntu/Devuan software repositories
Apt-cacher performs caching of files requested by apt-get (or other APT clients
such as aptitude or synaptic). Apt-cacher can also proxy Debian Bugs SOAP
requests for apt-listbugs. It is most useful for local area networks with
limited network bandwidth or to reduce multiple large downloads.
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When a file or package is requested, apt-cacher checks whether it already has
the requested version, in which case it fulfils the request immediately. If
not, it downloads the package while streaming it to the client at the same
time. A local copy is then kept for any subsequent requests.
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Apt-cacher has been optimized for best utilization of network bandwidth and is
efficient even on slow or low-memory servers. Multiple ways of installation
are possible: as a stand-alone proxy, as a daemon executed by inetd or as
a CGI program (deprecated). Client machines are configured by changing APT's
proxy configuration or modification of access URLs in sources.list.
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The package includes utilities to clean the cache (removing obsolete package
files), generate usage reports and import existing package files. Optional
features include a file checksum verification framework, IPv6 support, FTP and
HTTPS (proxying only) support as well as the simultaneous caching of
repositories from different distributions.
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Apt-cacher can be used as a replacement for apt-proxy, with no need to modify
client's /etc/apt/sources.list files (and even reusing its config and cached
data), or as an alternative to approx.
Description-md5: c2a7cf862bdc0d1afaec036dba0d3c94