How to Install and Uninstall ccache Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "ccache" package

Learn how to install ccache on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall ccache on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ccache
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ccache package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: ccache
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.2.1-0ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Joel Rosdahl
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1066
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.4), libstdc++6 (>= 11), libzstd1 (>= 1.4.0)
Suggests: distcc | icecc
Filename: pool/main/c/ccache/ccache_4.2.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 386424
MD5sum: 8893a228454f5f76a913587124af9923
SHA1: 196f1c83126911c905f501064b2e8f16b3cd92c6
SHA256: 368a020cdc0adcf52bf877c328fa15af62827699f66dacee9d8f14fb08003110
SHA512: 21d55959fb9a754c8474b467370258f68197791062066a0a5ee7f3e21870b441e4594334d72968a83ce0498a606017a1396de4b4524b03bba2e091dabd50c4d5
Homepage: https://ccache.dev
Description-en: Compiler cache for fast recompilation of C/C++ code
Ccache is a compiler cache. It speeds up recompilation by caching
previous compilations and detecting when the same compilation is
being done again.
Description-md5: ee6cfd684c9def102ca8cd664767a949