How To Install auto-apt-proxy on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install auto-apt-proxy on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is auto-apt-proxy
auto-apt-proxy is:
auto-apt-proxy installs itself as an APT proxy autodetector, and detects common setups by checking some hosts on the local network for well-known APT proxies such as apt-cacher-ng.
This package is most useful for development environments, and will Do The Right Thing for at least these cases:
- Build chroots, with a proxy running on the host system.
- Docker/lxc containers, with a proxy running on the host system.
- Virtual machines with NAT networking, with a proxy running on the host system.
- Any other system, with a proxy running on its default gateway.
- Systems where the
apt-proxyhostname resolves to a valid IP address and a supported proxy is detected at that address.
The following APT proxy servers are supported and automatically detected:
- apt-cacher-ng
- approx
- apt-cacher
- squid-deb-proxy
- any proxy advertised by an _apt_proxy._tcp SRV record in your domain
This package has a minimal set of dependencies in order to minimize the influence on systems where it is installed.
This package does not query mDNS SRV records, which would require avahi.
If you need that, consider the squid-deb-proxy-client package instead.
There are three methods to install auto-apt-proxy on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install auto-apt-proxy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install auto-apt-proxy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install auto-apt-proxy
Install auto-apt-proxy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install auto-apt-proxy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install auto-apt-proxy
Install auto-apt-proxy 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 auto-apt-proxy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install auto-apt-proxy
How To Uninstall auto-apt-proxy on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the auto-apt-proxy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove auto-apt-proxy
Uninstall auto-apt-proxy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall auto-apt-proxy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove auto-apt-proxy
Remove auto-apt-proxy Configurations and Data
To remove auto-apt-proxy configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge auto-apt-proxy
Remove auto-apt-proxy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove auto-apt-proxy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge auto-apt-proxy
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install auto-apt-proxy package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
