How to Install and Uninstall approx Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "approx" package

This tutorial shows how to install approx on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall approx on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: approx
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.10-2build2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Eric Cooper
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 6356
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.32), libpcre3, adduser, bzip2, curl, rsyslog | system-log-daemon, xz-utils
Suggests: libconfig-model-approx-perl
Filename: pool/universe/a/approx/approx_5.10-2build2_amd64.deb
Size: 1363620
MD5sum: 397b77f6ebcaa4210c8527c3c316f2ed
SHA1: 56077910c1c33db14d0da5f18119899d581fa561
SHA256: c0d5546b323f2585c3cb121c3a7a180c8c79cd162f1b9865e66e77c7f2e37988
SHA512: b75634056b6e308a54e00610c521e5b7e180bc3a8e44d7f1ab9b2d94c3c26a19051d406a65f36f57221fbae8aa8f0a726d873f2bce6bd96874c53f02837a4731
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