How To Install libirs160 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libirs160 on Ubuntu 18.04. libirs160 is DNS Shared Library used by BIND

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libirs160 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libirs160

libirs160 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 libirs160 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libirs160 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libirs160 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libirs160

Install libirs160 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libirs160 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libirs160

Install libirs160 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 libirs160 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libirs160

How To Uninstall libirs160 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libirs160 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libirs160

Uninstall libirs160 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libirs160 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libirs160

Remove libirs160 Configurations and Data

To remove libirs160 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libirs160

Remove libirs160 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libirs160 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libirs160

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libirs160 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.