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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "nocache" package

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


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall nocache on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: nocache
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 82
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dmitry Smirnov
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.9-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.4)
Filename: pool/universe/n/nocache/nocache_0.9-2_amd64.deb
Size: 14670
MD5sum: 5115190a25353c5695a22b85595c6ef0
SHA1: 7be27e7bf58da2ee300d2c9dfcf397a564da58b9
SHA256: af60b11ba3098b1be8cd8db6642fb7a83acd83e39c3e917b998828ea20381140
Description-en: bypass/minimize file system caching for a program
`nocache` tries to minimize the effect an application has on the Linux
file system cache.
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Use case: backup processes that should not interfere with the present
state of the cache.
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Also this package provides the following utilities:
* `cachedel` : clear page cache for a file.
* `cachestats` : print number of cached vs. not-cached pages for a file
Description-md5: bf3ca3604243b4db9b46b6016f5e2cd8
Homepage: https://github.com/Feh/nocache
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu