How To Install python-dnslib on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-dnslib on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-dnslib is Module to encode/decode DNS wire-format packets (Python 2)

Introduction

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

What is python-dnslib

python-dnslib is:

This DNS encode/decode Python module provides:

  • Support for encoding/decoding DNS packets between wire format, Python objects, and Zone/DiG textual representation (dnslib.dns)
  • A server framework allowing the simple creation of custom DNS resolvers (dnslib.server) and a number of example servers created using this framework
  • A number of utilities for testing (dnslib.client, dnslib.proxy, dnslib.intercept)

This is the Python 2 version of the package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-dnslib

Install python-dnslib Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-dnslib

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-dnslib

How To Uninstall python-dnslib on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-dnslib

Uninstall python-dnslib And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-dnslib

Remove python-dnslib Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-dnslib

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-dnslib have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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