How to Install and Uninstall adzapper Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "adzapper" package

This is a short guide on how to install adzapper on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall adzapper on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                adzapper
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the adzapper package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: adzapper
Priority: optional
Section: universe/web
Installed-Size: 255
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ludovic Drolez
Architecture: all
Version: 20090301.dfsg.1-0.2
Depends: perl, libperl4-corelibs-perl | perl (<< 5.12.3-7)
Recommends: squid | polipo | apache2
Suggests: apache2 | httpd, wget, konqueror
Filename: pool/universe/a/adzapper/adzapper_20090301.dfsg.1-0.2_all.deb
Size: 65990
MD5sum: b6e2a931aa8b09544bbc70b97a9b2d8e
SHA1: 8860037762430b8813b0b2a96c8193954c625b08
SHA256: 3ebe2ac48c4a786558b78974af44cfd6c0eefad73876f9d65189ff978b41bde1
Description-en: proxy advertisement zapper add-on
A redirector for squid that intercepts advertising (banners, popup
windows, flash animations, etc), page counters and some web bugs (as
found). This has both aesthetic and bandwidth benefits.
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Add one line to your squid.conf and it's installed ! Can also be used by
an apache2 or polipo proxy. This package contains also files which can
be used by the Konqueror AdBlocK or Mozilla AdBlock.
Description-md5: cf0a6ffc02ad5c83c9f4230ed8b1558f
Enhances: apache2, konqueror, polipo, squid
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu