How To Install libnss-cache on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnss-cache
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libnss-cache
libnss-cache is:
This package provides a Name Service Switch module that uses .cache files as a name service. This means providing user account information, group ids, netgroups, and automounts.
There are three methods to install libnss-cache
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libnss-cache Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnss-cache
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnss-cache
Install libnss-cache Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnss-cache
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnss-cache
Install libnss-cache 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libnss-cache
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnss-cache
How To Uninstall libnss-cache on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libnss-cache
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnss-cache
Uninstall libnss-cache And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnss-cache
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnss-cache
Remove libnss-cache Configurations and Data
To remove libnss-cache
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnss-cache
Remove libnss-cache configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnss-cache
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnss-cache
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnss-cache
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.