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

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "cachefilesd" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install cachefilesd on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall cachefilesd on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                cachefilesd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cachefilesd package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: cachefilesd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.10.10-0.2ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Shane Wegner
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 86
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/c/cachefilesd/cachefilesd_0.10.10-0.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 29932
MD5sum: 22d177e0b1206bdb73480523daebc1c0
SHA1: 14566bcb6396a4432e09f127792187183cbee035
SHA256: e3f203adba625a751e09e4356dee5d1e06b06288e1cf9e7bfe8b8e0054d1805a
SHA512: 785e25159a25dd9672867f48ec77ab53e386502393ad725b50850547971e3199b74eec33be712f3b6af47a61bef977fdc589210f91b266368f69525a769ff316
Description-en: support fscache on already mounted filesystem
FSCache is a generic caching manager in the Linux kernel which can be used
by network and other filesystems to cache data locally.
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CacheFiles is an FSCache backend that's meant to use as a cache a directory on
an already mounted filesystem of a local type (such as Ext3). This package
installs the userspace support required by the cachefiles backend.
Description-md5: a43d1c7ece3d6a969e37f3e55b7bb374