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

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "approx" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install approx on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: approx
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 4659
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Eric Cooper
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.5-2build1
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.15), libpcre3, adduser, bzip2, curl, openbsd-inetd | inet-superserver, update-inetd, rsyslog | system-log-daemon, xz-utils
Suggests: libconfig-model-approx-perl
Filename: pool/universe/a/approx/approx_5.5-2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 894042
MD5sum: e24208d2c5b69ef8281a02fc33bd32a6
SHA1: d850ef8eb4331a5cc93b2a189cbff536aeb5d499
SHA256: 177ba4bf77769cd8f1cd1ccbf4f8d88d97766d9db36b34e6633b1bc7ee48357e
Description-en: caching proxy server for Debian archive files
Approx is an HTTP-based proxy server for Debian-style package archives.
It fetches files from remote repositories on demand,
and caches them for local use.
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Approx saves time and network bandwidth if you need to install or
upgrade .deb packages for a number of machines on a local network.
Each package is downloaded from a remote site only once,
regardless of how many local clients install it.
The approx cache typically requires a few gigabytes of disk space.
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Approx also simplifies the administration of client machines:
repository locations need only be changed in approx's configuration file,
not in every client's /etc/apt/sources.list file.
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Approx can be used as a replacement for apt-proxy,
with no need to modify clients' /etc/apt/sources.list files,
or as an alternative to apt-cacher.
Description-md5: 2f5350f98dbadffdaa97201d17cbf419
Homepage: http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-ocaml-maint/packages/approx.git
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu