How To Install libdns162 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdns162 on Debian 9. libdns162 is DNS Shared Library used by BIND

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdns162 on Debian 9.

What is libdns162

libdns162 is:

The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) implements an Internet domain name server. BIND is the most widely-used name server software on the Internet, and is supported by the Internet Software Consortium, www.isc.org.

This package delivers the libdns shared library used by BIND’s daemons and clients.

There are three methods to install libdns162 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libdns162 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libdns162 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdns162

Install libdns162 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdns162 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdns162

Install libdns162 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libdns162 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdns162

How To Uninstall libdns162 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libdns162 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdns162

Uninstall libdns162 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdns162 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdns162

Remove libdns162 Configurations and Data

To remove libdns162 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdns162

Remove libdns162 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libdns162 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdns162

Dependencies

libdns162 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdns162 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.