How To Install python-adns on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-adns on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-adns is Python bindings to the asynchronous DNS resolver library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-adns on Debian 10.

What is python-adns

python-adns is:

This module provides a Python binding to the adns asynchronous DNS resolver library.

The module provides a small wrapper adns that simply returns status codes as does the C library. It also provides a more Python like interface ADNS that wraps status codes in proper exceptions.

The package contains working examples in ADNS.py and DNSBL.py.

There are three methods to install python-adns on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python-adns Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-adns

Install python-adns Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-adns

Install python-adns 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 python-adns using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-adns

How To Uninstall python-adns on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-adns package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-adns

Uninstall python-adns And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-adns and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-adns

Remove python-adns Configurations and Data

To remove python-adns configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-adns

Remove python-adns configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-adns

Dependencies

python-adns have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-adns package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.