How To Install cachefilesd on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cachefilesd on Debian 9.
What is cachefilesd
cachefilesd is:
FSCache is a generic caching manager in the Linux kernel which can be used by network and other filesystems to cache data locally.
CacheFiles is an FSCache backend that’s meant to use as a cache a directory on an already mounted filesystem of a local type (such as Ext3). This package installs the userspace support required by the cachefiles backend.
There are three methods to install cachefilesd on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cachefilesd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cachefilesd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cachefilesd
Install cachefilesd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cachefilesd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cachefilesd
Install cachefilesd Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install cachefilesd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cachefilesd
How To Uninstall cachefilesd on Debian 9
To uninstall only the cachefilesd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cachefilesd
Uninstall cachefilesd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cachefilesd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cachefilesd
Remove cachefilesd Configurations and Data
To remove cachefilesd configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cachefilesd
Remove cachefilesd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cachefilesd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cachefilesd
Dependencies
cachefilesd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cachefilesd package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.