How To Install nocache on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nocache on Debian 11.
What is nocache
nocache is:
nocachetries to minimize the effect an application has on the Linux file system cache.
Use case: backup processes that should not interfere with the present state of the cache.
Also this package provides the following utilities:
cachedel: clear page cache for a file.cachestats: print number of cached vs. not-cached pages for a file
There are three methods to install nocache on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nocache Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nocache using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nocache
Install nocache Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nocache using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nocache
Install nocache 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 nocache using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nocache
How To Uninstall nocache on Debian 11
To uninstall only the nocache package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nocache
Uninstall nocache And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nocache and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nocache
Remove nocache Configurations and Data
To remove nocache configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nocache
Remove nocache configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nocache configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nocache
Dependencies
nocache have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nocache package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.