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

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "unscd" package

Please follow the instructions below to install unscd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: unscd
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 67
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Don Armstrong
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.52-1build1
Replaces: nscd
Provides: nscd
Depends: libc6 (>> 2.23), libc6 (<< 2.24), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~)
Conflicts: nscd
Filename: pool/universe/u/unscd/unscd_0.52-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 20700
MD5sum: b8de7cc0b85a781b12290976548aa851
SHA1: 97ebce01fe1157cb40e0b683557c392fcccd440b
SHA256: 8330a356b16df7ca15ecf4ae2c7b44d29343d8b8b7b8d4a587609c16037aafda
Description-en: Micro Name Service Caching Daemon
A daemon which handles passwd, group and host lookups for running
programs and caches the results for the next query. You only need
this package if you are using slow Name Services like LDAP, NIS or
NIS+.
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This particular NSCD is a complete rewrite of the GNU glibc nscd
which is a single threaded server process which offloads all NSS
lookups to worker children; cache hits are handled by the parent,
and only cache misses start worker children, making the parent immune
to resource leaks, hangs, and crashes in NSS libraries.
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It should mostly be a drop-in replacement for existing installs using
nscd.
Description-md5: fe13a9ad3b8faeb76ebdeea0ca9d9ade
Homepage: http://busybox.net/~vda/unscd/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu