How to Install and Uninstall nss-updatedb Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "nss-updatedb" package

Please follow the steps below to install nss-updatedb on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                nss-updatedb
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "nss-updatedb" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall nss-updatedb on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: nss-updatedb
Architecture: amd64
Version: 10-3build1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Guido Guenther
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 36
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libdb5.3
Recommends: libnss-db
Filename: pool/universe/n/nss-updatedb/nss-updatedb_10-3build1_amd64.deb
Size: 11032
MD5sum: 761b20d56016cc2a93dd3489fa9a7aac
SHA1: cd257992b7b5b4c705776493fe3411824eb1dd26
SHA256: b58aeab7b5e7c63b9c182d61247bd3ffb814c4f42fefac8b4f53bd3ff24c25b2
SHA512: 3062266462f63f562a0f8810ae10cfb1c0c52e3fc0d5ffa46f1b2b816b490afdef43ff3d483576c41baeefa2ec82b8cbf8dd863737a0430300a1aadca972e86f
Homepage: http://www.padl.com/OSS/nss_updatedb.html
Description-en: Cache name service directories in DB format
This package contains a script, nss_updatedb, which can be
used to maintain local caches of user and group directories.
These can then be used by the DB Name Service Switch module
(libnss-db) to provide name service when the system is offline.
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These tools are designed to work with libpam-ldap and libnss-ldap.
Description-md5: c042eb717d722ef4c1102e711066cc9a