How to Install and Uninstall apt-cacher Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "apt-cacher" package

This guide let you learn how to install apt-cacher on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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 step by step instructions below to uninstall apt-cacher on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: apt-cacher
Architecture: all
Version: 1.7.22
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Mark Hindley
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 289
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
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_1.7.22_all.deb
Size: 81092
MD5sum: 63f7949d80afa72e42958944af8e3e82
SHA1: 9f159faadfcf30855212b4a1c9c0c8f9b7360bf2
SHA256: 71a98f68343cb88b622edc0c81b3b5c47f0c6514d67546b0d8313e26595dd19e
SHA512: e575130f28c1bb4ef80408aebd15725124f42ce175a5ae4cad4f054fea2f9ad59795a73714cb1832f7d6d7c2cb98e6ccd6dd989c2bcd51c2111a34f9135b962f
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