How To Install libdnswire-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdnswire-dev on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libdnswire-dev
libdnswire-dev is:
dnswire is a C library for encoding/decoding different DNS encapsulations and transporting them over different protocols.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libdnswire-dev 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 libdnswire-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libdnswire-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdnswire-dev
Install libdnswire-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdnswire-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdnswire-dev
Install libdnswire-dev 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 libdnswire-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdnswire-dev
How To Uninstall libdnswire-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libdnswire-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdnswire-dev
Uninstall libdnswire-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdnswire-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdnswire-dev
Remove libdnswire-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libdnswire-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdnswire-dev
Remove libdnswire-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdnswire-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdnswire-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdnswire-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
