How To Install maradns-docs on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install maradns-docs on Debian 9. maradns-docs is upstream documentation for the MaraDNS Domain Name Service server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install maradns-docs on Debian 9.

What is maradns-docs

maradns-docs is:

MaraDNS is easy to configure DNS server that functions as a recursive and/or authoritative name server. This package provides the upstream documentation for the MaraDNS suite. This includes more information than is available in the man pages including background information on DNS, how to obtain the source code, compile and install it. As a result the documentation includes none of the packaging tweaks intended to fit MaraDNS into Debian.

There are three methods to install maradns-docs 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 maradns-docs 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-docs using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install maradns-docs

Install maradns-docs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install maradns-docs

Install maradns-docs 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 maradns-docs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install maradns-docs

How To Uninstall maradns-docs on Debian 9

To uninstall only the maradns-docs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove maradns-docs

Uninstall maradns-docs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove maradns-docs

Remove maradns-docs Configurations and Data

To remove maradns-docs configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge maradns-docs

Remove maradns-docs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge maradns-docs

Dependencies

maradns-docs have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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