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

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "preload" package

This tutorial shows how to install preload on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall preload on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: preload
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Installed-Size: 136
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Kari Pahula
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.6.4-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0)
Filename: pool/universe/p/preload/preload_0.6.4-2_amd64.deb
Size: 36320
MD5sum: 6be078305697e6eb10dfa9f14f20d73a
SHA1: 9fce3a02b4781c01e4eaa0bf3165b03e9e577820
SHA256: d5b638354c067ee27763f72a9a879e62bfecd8cad613f030a4c0e6a12cc5d186
Description-en: adaptive readahead daemon
preload monitors applications that users run, and by analyzing this
data, predicts what applications users might run, and fetches those
binaries and their dependencies into memory for faster startup times.
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Note that installing preload will not make your system boot faster
and that preload is a daemon that runs with root priviledges.
Description-md5: 09f17ebeaf1833067827e24bf354c61b
Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/preload
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu