How To Install libirs141 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libirs141 on Debian 9. libirs141 is DNS Shared Library used by BIND

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libirs141 on Debian 9.

What is libirs141

libirs141 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 libirs shared library used by BIND’s daemons and clients.

There are three methods to install libirs141 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 libirs141 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libirs141 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libirs141

Install libirs141 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libirs141 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libirs141

Install libirs141 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 libirs141 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libirs141

How To Uninstall libirs141 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libirs141 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libirs141

Uninstall libirs141 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libirs141 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libirs141

Remove libirs141 Configurations and Data

To remove libirs141 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libirs141

Remove libirs141 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libirs141 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libirs141

Dependencies

libirs141 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libirs141 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.