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

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "varnish" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install varnish on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Learn how to uninstall varnish on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: varnish
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.1.1-1ubuntu0.2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/web
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Varnish Package Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1588
Provides: varnishabi-3.1, varnishabi-strict-66bb824
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libedit2 (>= 2.11-20080614), libjemalloc1 (>= 2.1.1), libncurses5 (>= 6), libpcre3, libtinfo5 (>= 6), libvarnishapi1 (>= 4.1.0), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), adduser, gcc, libc6-dev | libc6.1-dev | libc-dev
Suggests: varnish-doc
Replaces: libvarnishapi1 (<< 3.0.0-5)
Filename: pool/universe/v/varnish/varnish_4.1.1-1ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb
Size: 524202
MD5sum: adf1a8cb6d37d5dab9602f3759730554
SHA1: 4863178653579866acacf04a7c7b7c3414cc28a8
SHA256: 4bfec68dde805c3ac5117ffeff18ff3b1ddad89da50beb358485f49de5a187e9
SHA512: 569ae98df361ae8da4c80f0aa3da13dc68d89c89dc46962c5fd6683f88339786ad91aa99e56db7734ec9ca537e51fa5df241e51bdfa086523f6bd8431f646548
Homepage: http://varnish-cache.org/
Description-en: state of the art, high-performance web accelerator
Varnish Cache is a state of the art web accelerator written with
performance and flexibility in mind.
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Varnish Cache stores web pages in memory so web servers don't have to
create the same web page over and over again. Varnish serves pages
much faster than any application server; giving the website a
significant speed up.
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Some of the features include:
* A modern design
* VCL - a very flexible configuration language
* Load balancing with health checking of backends
* Partial support for ESI - Edge Side Includes
* URL rewriting
* Graceful handling of "dead" backends
Description-md5: ebbadfc1a0485abd58ba563250510a25

Package: varnish
Priority: optional
Section: universe/web
Installed-Size: 1588
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Varnish Package Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.1.1-1
Replaces: libvarnishapi1 (<< 3.0.0-5)
Provides: varnishabi-3.1, varnishabi-strict-66bb824
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libedit2 (>= 2.11-20080614), libjemalloc1 (>= 2.1.1), libncurses5 (>= 6), libpcre3, libtinfo5 (>= 6), libvarnishapi1 (>= 4.1.0), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), adduser, gcc, libc6-dev | libc6.1-dev | libc-dev
Suggests: varnish-doc
Filename: pool/universe/v/varnish/varnish_4.1.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 524588
MD5sum: 1e62658ec84dffcad515d1f3bc037bb5
SHA1: 5bf49f6b95ec3974ffcba9d5dca9b65d4fef12c9
SHA256: f4208da960f28774417b516679ec7532495b619bb75b1fd0e17277021f4912fb
Description-en: state of the art, high-performance web accelerator
Varnish Cache is a state of the art web accelerator written with
performance and flexibility in mind.
.
Varnish Cache stores web pages in memory so web servers don't have to
create the same web page over and over again. Varnish serves pages
much faster than any application server; giving the website a
significant speed up.
.
Some of the features include:
* A modern design
* VCL - a very flexible configuration language
* Load balancing with health checking of backends
* Partial support for ESI - Edge Side Includes
* URL rewriting
* Graceful handling of "dead" backends
Description-md5: ebbadfc1a0485abd58ba563250510a25
Homepage: http://varnish-cache.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu