How To Install maradns-deadwood on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install maradns-deadwood on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is maradns-deadwood
maradns-deadwood is:
This is an experimental build of the deadwood binary, that is MaraDNS' recursive domain name server. It will contain support for IPv6. However the necessary integration of init scripts and config files will not be done.
There are three methods to install maradns-deadwood 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 maradns-deadwood Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install maradns-deadwood using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install maradns-deadwood
Install maradns-deadwood Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install maradns-deadwood using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install maradns-deadwood
Install maradns-deadwood 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 maradns-deadwood using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install maradns-deadwood
How To Uninstall maradns-deadwood on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the maradns-deadwood package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove maradns-deadwood
Uninstall maradns-deadwood And Its Dependencies
To uninstall maradns-deadwood and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove maradns-deadwood
Remove maradns-deadwood Configurations and Data
To remove maradns-deadwood configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge maradns-deadwood
Remove maradns-deadwood configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove maradns-deadwood configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge maradns-deadwood
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install maradns-deadwood package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
