How To Install libdnswire1 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libdnswire1 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libdnswire1 is DNS encapsulations and transporting (library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdnswire1 on Debian 12.

What is libdnswire1

libdnswire1 is:

dnswire is a C library for encoding/decoding different DNS encapsulations and transporting them over different protocols.

Supported encapsulations:

  • DNSTAP using Protobuf
  • Frame Streams using tinyframe

There are three methods to install libdnswire1 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libdnswire1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libdnswire1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdnswire1

Install libdnswire1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdnswire1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdnswire1

Install libdnswire1 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 libdnswire1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdnswire1

How To Uninstall libdnswire1 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libdnswire1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdnswire1

Uninstall libdnswire1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdnswire1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdnswire1

Remove libdnswire1 Configurations and Data

To remove libdnswire1 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdnswire1

Remove libdnswire1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libdnswire1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdnswire1

Dependencies

libdnswire1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdnswire1 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.