How To Install dnsmasq-utils on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dnsmasq-utils on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is dnsmasq-utils
dnsmasq-utils is:
Small utilities to query a DHCP server’s lease database and remove leases from it. These programs are distributed with dnsmasq and may not work correctly with other DHCP servers.
Package: dnsmasq-utils Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.80-1.1ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: net Source: dnsmasq Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Simon Kelley [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 76 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14) Conflicts: dnsmasq (« 2.40) Filename: pool/main/d/dnsmasq/dnsmasq-utils_2.80-1.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 12996 MD5sum: d39fd2544630a3af54e0cc6964a38e2c SHA1: 1f02e7319e33e9f892fd6bf7cca5d2e4141e3c37 SHA256: 637b6516e166a9084395dd686aadcaf8d6493b84ec7d5a8aa698bb469fe1c677 Homepage: http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html Description-en: Utilities for manipulating DHCP leases Small utilities to query a DHCP server’s lease database and remove leases from it. These programs are distributed with dnsmasq and may not work correctly with other DHCP servers.
There are three methods to install dnsmasq-utils 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 dnsmasq-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dnsmasq-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dnsmasq-utils
Install dnsmasq-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dnsmasq-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dnsmasq-utils
Install dnsmasq-utils 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 dnsmasq-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dnsmasq-utils
How To Uninstall dnsmasq-utils on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the dnsmasq-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dnsmasq-utils
Uninstall dnsmasq-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dnsmasq-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dnsmasq-utils
Remove dnsmasq-utils Configurations and Data
To remove dnsmasq-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dnsmasq-utils
Remove dnsmasq-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dnsmasq-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dnsmasq-utils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dnsmasq-utils package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.