How To Install squid-purge on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install squid-purge on Ubuntu.
What is squid-purge
squid-purge is:
Squid is a high-performance proxy caching server for web clients, supporting FTP, gopher, ICY and HTTP data objects.
This package contains a small utility that can be used to manage the disk cache from the command line.
There are three methods to install squid-purge on Ubuntu. 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-purge 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-purge using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install squid-purge
Install squid-purge Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install squid-purge using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install squid-purge
Install squid-purge 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-purge using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install squid-purge
How To Uninstall squid-purge on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the squid-purge package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove squid-purge
Uninstall squid-purge And Its Dependencies
To uninstall squid-purge and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove squid-purge
Remove squid-purge Configurations and Data
To remove squid-purge configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge squid-purge
Remove squid-purge configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove squid-purge configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge squid-purge
Dependencies
squid-purge have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install squid-purge package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.