How To Install squid-common on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install squid-common on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is squid-common
squid-common is:
Squid is a high-performance proxy caching server for web clients, supporting FTP, gopher, ICY and HTTP data objects.
This package contains common files (MIB and icons)
Package: squid-common Architecture: all Version: 4.10-1ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: web Source: squid Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Luigi Gangitano [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 480 Provides: squid3-common Depends: squid-langpack (>= 20110214-1) Filename: pool/main/s/squid/squid-common_4.10-1ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 193564 MD5sum: 7cbc68fbeb9763b336269ea248271176 SHA1: ea7ec4e75987338c2eb7b1d45a36f7f329491175 SHA256: e1e8da2199889133d519b9d3f0dccc4aad75eaa5f66cc979ce9c17ad51e3e819 Homepage: http://www.squid-cache.org Description-en: Full featured Web Proxy cache (HTTP proxy) - common files Squid is a high-performance proxy caching server for web clients, supporting FTP, gopher, ICY and HTTP data objects.
This package contains common files (MIB and icons)
There are three methods to install squid-common 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 squid-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install squid-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install squid-common
Install squid-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install squid-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install squid-common
Install squid-common 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 squid-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install squid-common
How To Uninstall squid-common on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the squid-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove squid-common
Uninstall squid-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall squid-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove squid-common
Remove squid-common Configurations and Data
To remove squid-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge squid-common
Remove squid-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove squid-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge squid-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install squid-common package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.