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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "nscd" package

This guide let you learn how to install nscd on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall nscd on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: nscd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.34-0ubuntu3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Source: glibc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 460
Depends: lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libc6 (>> 2.34), libc6 (<< 2.35), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~)
Filename: pool/universe/g/glibc/nscd_2.34-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 82732
MD5sum: 8cc7630bedc7f5c75c946301dc47afa9
SHA1: 891ed7d944c9466f54147576ee5efe3f09029772
SHA256: 884fa46a79c7ddf6ed33c1b09454a5503a462edbf2b926701958c352963c8751
SHA512: 05dac3b7539e8ade78a2930a2808682da1ed8de89555c7d40fde07deed2684fc66fc2d0d39d2596805f3296d043e06e42e2df68dc41da98d3996c51b3b9dfb16
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Description-en: GNU C Library: Name Service Cache Daemon
A daemon which handles passwd, group and host lookups
for running programs and caches the results for the next
query. You should install this package only if you use
slow services like LDAP, NIS or NIS+.
Description-md5: e8172254ec0df735a3e44c0f557100bc
Original-Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc
Original-Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc.git