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

Last updated: April 27,2024

1. Install "unscd" package

This is a short guide on how to install unscd on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall unscd on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                unscd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the unscd package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: unscd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.53-1build5
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Don Armstrong
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 80
Provides: nscd
Depends: libc6 (>> 2.32), libc6 (<< 2.33), lsb-base
Conflicts: nscd
Replaces: nscd
Filename: pool/universe/u/unscd/unscd_0.53-1build5_amd64.deb
Size: 21692
MD5sum: 25106041f8bd04c5787992f291d20fbb
SHA1: 0296632a8d94c6964702907bd5a9f48f38f927ed
SHA256: 40258e37ac97bbf765fe69b42ac061d59e012505dcb4160af6b813b74e405612
SHA512: 5931edb199eb5553479b54021d572b29671cb5f096316a0a573cdd2c3cae3ae5dd4e3ed7ff21585c9c8dccc9dd86f42df1b5f4cf6798f7c9f531ab0bff6226c5
Homepage: http://busybox.net/~vda/unscd/
Description-en: Micro Name Service Caching Daemon
A daemon which handles passwd, group and host lookups for running
programs and caches the results for the next query. You only need
this package if you are using slow Name Services like LDAP, NIS or
NIS+.
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This particular NSCD is a complete rewrite of the GNU glibc nscd
which is a single threaded server process which offloads all NSS
lookups to worker children; cache hits are handled by the parent,
and only cache misses start worker children, making the parent immune
to resource leaks, hangs, and crashes in NSS libraries.
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It should mostly be a drop-in replacement for existing installs using
nscd.
Description-md5: fe13a9ad3b8faeb76ebdeea0ca9d9ade