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

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "nocache" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install nocache on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall nocache on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: nocache
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dmitry Smirnov
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 77
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/n/nocache/nocache_1.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 17456
MD5sum: e4f620e609e417d85730e8eeb9d87c2f
SHA1: 8fe6e32fe6d96276b7a860f6b04acbf9414d5b23
SHA256: 5a3dbe6957d11dc5ea8f5ac21fe9e0fd85d1142e52ebbebb90a0e0d8902738b8
SHA512: c5ea092b4f9d04cfe0d3c870a4af59fefc7dc34c63995543bd2ebe3940a19a3ea8a3fce3c0c4cfdf699f2e467b209306b4eda9db86778b4fc243830b1653411c
Homepage: https://github.com/Feh/nocache
Description-en: bypass/minimize file system caching for a program
`nocache` tries to minimize the effect an application has on the Linux
file system cache.
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Use case: backup processes that should not interfere with the present
state of the cache.
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Also this package provides the following utilities:
* `cachedel` : clear page cache for a file.
* `cachestats` : print number of cached vs. not-cached pages for a file
Description-md5: bf3ca3604243b4db9b46b6016f5e2cd8