How To Install dnsvi on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dnsvi
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is dnsvi
dnsvi is:
dnsvi is a frontend for nsupdate. Given a DNS zone name, it uses dig -t AXFR to get all the records in a zone. It then spawns your favorite editor, and upon completion, builds a list of “update add” and “update delete” statements to feed to nsupdate
There are three methods to install dnsvi
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 dnsvi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dnsvi
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dnsvi
Install dnsvi Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dnsvi
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dnsvi
Install dnsvi 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 dnsvi
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dnsvi
How To Uninstall dnsvi on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the dnsvi
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dnsvi
Uninstall dnsvi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dnsvi
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dnsvi
Remove dnsvi Configurations and Data
To remove dnsvi
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dnsvi
Remove dnsvi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dnsvi
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dnsvi
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dnsvi
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.