How to Install and Uninstall nss-updatedb Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "nss-updatedb" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                nss-updatedb
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "nss-updatedb" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall nss-updatedb on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: nss-updatedb
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 70
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Guido Guenther
Architecture: amd64
Version: 10-3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libdb5.3
Recommends: libnss-db
Filename: pool/universe/n/nss-updatedb/nss-updatedb_10-3_amd64.deb
Size: 11904
MD5sum: ebbc6130e149c7493d85302a8dd3edc6
SHA1: 0f21ac37d2a2419eac5290215623b911854ff7c3
SHA256: cd766f626a37def895af72beb9e663786abaa0bb004779e06aa4051cdae34414
Description-en: Cache name service directories in DB format
This package contains a script, nss_updatedb, which can be
used to maintain local caches of user and group directories.
These can then be used by the DB Name Service Switch module
(libnss-db) to provide name service when the system is offline.
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These tools are designed to work with libpam-ldap and libnss-ldap.
Description-md5: c042eb717d722ef4c1102e711066cc9a
Homepage: http://www.padl.com/OSS/nss_updatedb.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu