How To Install zonecheck on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zonecheck on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is zonecheck
zonecheck is:
DNS is a critical resource for every network application, so it is quite important to ensure that a zone or domain name is correctly configured in the DNS.
ZoneCheck is intended to help solving misconfigurations or inconsistencies usually revealed by an increase in the latency of the application, up to the output of unexpected/inconsistant results.
This package is the command-line version.
There are three methods to install zonecheck on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install zonecheck Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zonecheck using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zonecheck
Install zonecheck Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zonecheck using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zonecheck
Install zonecheck 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 zonecheck using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zonecheck
How To Uninstall zonecheck on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the zonecheck package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zonecheck
Uninstall zonecheck And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zonecheck and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zonecheck
Remove zonecheck Configurations and Data
To remove zonecheck configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zonecheck
Remove zonecheck configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zonecheck configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zonecheck
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zonecheck package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
