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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "cachefilesd" package

Please follow the steps below to install cachefilesd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall cachefilesd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: cachefilesd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.10.5-1ubuntu0.16.04.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Shane Wegner
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 76
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/c/cachefilesd/cachefilesd_0.10.5-1ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 27842
MD5sum: ce3b932faba82d2a58a435652950dd79
SHA1: a9e564193612c4842a991d787990238d8cf2bc1d
SHA256: 5c59e37e739d202ff6a4e457f56370b220bc8756ee4094ea1530e9ed7e213bbf
SHA512: fc070d94d3ffdd07dd106ca699d43773fe3cfc2479093d65fa65e5ddc8a4fbeb1872f47164144a8bd3474f6f3c789e7a95735b7710ea43eb472585c72ec0b0a8
Description-en: support fscache on already mounted filesystem
FSCache is a generic caching manager in the Linux kernel which can be used
by network and other filesystems to cache data locally.
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CacheFiles is an FSCache backend that's meant to use as a cache a directory on
an already mounted filesystem of a local type (such as Ext3). This package
installs the userspace support required by the cachefiles backend.
Description-md5: a43d1c7ece3d6a969e37f3e55b7bb374

Package: cachefilesd
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Installed-Size: 122
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Shane Wegner
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.10.5-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/c/cachefilesd/cachefilesd_0.10.5-1_amd64.deb
Size: 30270
MD5sum: a538d5ebdc49cc37161f242e9373d81f
SHA1: 06db637d09fc098705641f8c5f436f689dc4d181
SHA256: f9e9212dead529165e1960dd51dbd320ee0a23e5a08d327b0b91c4a3c2812ec3
Description-en: support fscache on already mounted filesystem
FSCache is a generic caching manager in the Linux kernel which can be used
by network and other filesystems to cache data locally.
.
CacheFiles is an FSCache backend that's meant to use as a cache a directory on
an already mounted filesystem of a local type (such as Ext3). This package
installs the userspace support required by the cachefiles backend.
Description-md5: a43d1c7ece3d6a969e37f3e55b7bb374
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu