How To Install libisccfg163 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libisccfg163 on Ubuntu 20.04. libisccfg163 is Config File Handling Library used by BIND Config File Handling Library used by BIND

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libisccfg163 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libisccfg163

libisccfg163 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 libisccfg shared library used by BIND’s daemons and clients to read and write ISC-style configuration files like named.conf and rndc.conf.

Package: libisccfg163 Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:9.11.16+dfsg-3~build1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libs Source: bind9-libs Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian DNS Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 230 Depends: libdns1109 (= 1:9.11.16+dfsg-3~build1), libisc1105 (= 1:9.11.16+dfsg-3~build1), libisccc161 (= 1:9.11.16+dfsg-3~build1), libc6 (>= 2.4) Filename: pool/main/b/bind9-libs/libisccfg163_9.11.16+dfsg-3~build1_amd64.deb Size: 46908 MD5sum: 7a160d510a15442bdd76d7d3ddcd4e46 SHA1: 88a6532c67e40f6325ad3cb59df579e9330a63f5 SHA256: ca38a62d49c303dc1ae566432959c89e7c7bce8d4956642a47f2227b51730c6b Homepage: https://www.isc.org/downloads/bind/ Description-en: Config File Handling Library used by BIND 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 libisccfg shared library used by BIND’s daemons and clients to read and write ISC-style configuration files like named.conf and rndc.conf.

There are three methods to install libisccfg163 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libisccfg163 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libisccfg163 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libisccfg163

Install libisccfg163 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libisccfg163 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libisccfg163

Install libisccfg163 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 libisccfg163 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libisccfg163

How To Uninstall libisccfg163 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libisccfg163 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libisccfg163

Uninstall libisccfg163 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libisccfg163 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libisccfg163

Remove libisccfg163 Configurations and Data

To remove libisccfg163 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libisccfg163

Remove libisccfg163 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libisccfg163 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libisccfg163

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libisccfg163 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.