How to Install and Uninstall libapache2-mod-xforward Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 10,2024

1. Install "libapache2-mod-xforward" package

This tutorial shows how to install libapache2-mod-xforward on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libapache2-mod-xforward
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "libapache2-mod-xforward" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libapache2-mod-xforward on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libapache2-mod-xforward
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the libapache2-mod-xforward package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libapache2-mod-xforward
Priority: optional
Section: universe/httpd
Installed-Size: 31
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Andrew Lee (李健秋)
Architecture: amd64
Source: apache2-mod-xforward
Version: 0.6-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), apache2-api-20120211
Filename: pool/universe/a/apache2-mod-xforward/libapache2-mod-xforward_0.6-1_amd64.deb
Size: 5580
MD5sum: 94042471e9a763bcaf54feb0905b6e77
SHA1: e4bacb4a9a16f31e75c5371d53ee190b7d0b599f
SHA256: 722e83a6d096a0af51c314d7caeb43cc7649dd14a3cb880dab42e63912f05901
Description-en: Apache module implements redirection based on X-Forward response header
When this header is seen by Apache it uses the apache mod_proxy
module to proxy the given URL.
.
This is not visible for the client process and can be used to free the
cgi/rails process pool by long running requests after initial check
routines.
Description-md5: 9b1293af907e69ff8818cb1424809ac2
Homepage: https://github.com/openSUSE/apache2-mod_xforward
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu