How To Install gdnsd on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdnsd on Debian 11.
What is gdnsd
gdnsd is:
gdnsd is an Authoritative-only DNS server. The initial g stands for Geographic, as gdnsd offers a plugin system for geographic (or other sorts of) balancing, redirection, and service-state-conscious failover.
gdnsd has a strong focus on high performance, low latency service. It does not offer any form of caching or recursive service, and does not support DNSSEC.
This package provides the core gdnsd daemon and basic plugins.
There are three methods to install gdnsd on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gdnsd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gdnsd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gdnsd
Install gdnsd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gdnsd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gdnsd
Install gdnsd 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 gdnsd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gdnsd
How To Uninstall gdnsd on Debian 11
To uninstall only the gdnsd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gdnsd
Uninstall gdnsd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gdnsd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gdnsd
Remove gdnsd Configurations and Data
To remove gdnsd configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gdnsd
Remove gdnsd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gdnsd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gdnsd
Dependencies
gdnsd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdnsd package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
