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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "nscd" package

This guide let you learn how to install nscd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: nscd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.23-0ubuntu11.3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Source: glibc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 410
Depends: libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libc6 (>> 2.23), libc6 (<< 2.24), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libselinux1 (>= 2.0.82)
Filename: pool/universe/g/glibc/nscd_2.23-0ubuntu11.3_amd64.deb
Size: 76392
MD5sum: a2d589c077bf84acd9624485b3a713a1
SHA1: 3d843c956101bdbd49358f458cf991732c11ff65
SHA256: 1bf4dd49bffc7fcb96d7e943bed8658df91915cff985a5e131b174f592164f90
SHA512: 303014aa80c3d2c25a27c56c75865de23c02651943377db3882d321325c735c4e3dd7f427f41713fe825fe00708e80cafef644f918afc2c9fdf1cabdbcce0070
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Description-en: GNU C Library: Name Service Cache Daemon
A daemon which handles passwd, group and host lookups
for running programs and caches the results for the next
query. You should install this package only if you use
slow services like LDAP, NIS or NIS+.
Description-md5: e8172254ec0df735a3e44c0f557100bc

Package: nscd
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 407
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: glibc
Version: 2.23-0ubuntu3
Depends: libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libc6 (>> 2.23), libc6 (<< 2.24), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libselinux1 (>= 2.0.82)
Filename: pool/universe/g/glibc/nscd_2.23-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 76292
MD5sum: bf95df2318474df022eb4b2b1800160b
SHA1: b3b0a70b3c77588791ed57c56c943afbe256d7b4
SHA256: b2ab7babda929349967b87a07eea4ba7cdb1111a957df4af63bf610ee7106df1
Description-en: GNU C Library: Name Service Cache Daemon
A daemon which handles passwd, group and host lookups
for running programs and caches the results for the next
query. You should install this package only if you use
slow services like LDAP, NIS or NIS+.
Description-md5: e8172254ec0df735a3e44c0f557100bc
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu