How To Install yaku-ns on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yaku-ns on Debian 12.
What is yaku-ns
yaku-ns is:
This is a simple and small DNS server. Major features are:
- Support for A, MX, NS, TXT, PTR, SOA in local resource records
- Additional RRs handling
- Responses cache, with optional TTL expiration
- Forwarding to multiple exteral DNS servers, with simultaneous or time-driven query
- Optional TCP zone transfer
- A in RRs shuffling
- Built-in ACL rules
- Root privileges squashing
- Chroot jail under unix systems
- Secure DNS IDs to prevent DNS forget
- Logging
- Very simple config file
There are three methods to install yaku-ns on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install yaku-ns Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install yaku-ns using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yaku-ns
Install yaku-ns Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install yaku-ns using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yaku-ns
Install yaku-ns 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 yaku-ns using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yaku-ns
How To Uninstall yaku-ns on Debian 12
To uninstall only the yaku-ns package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yaku-ns
Uninstall yaku-ns And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yaku-ns and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yaku-ns
Remove yaku-ns Configurations and Data
To remove yaku-ns configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yaku-ns
Remove yaku-ns configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yaku-ns configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yaku-ns
Dependencies
yaku-ns have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yaku-ns package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
