How To Install knot on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install knot on Debian 11. knot is Authoritative domain name server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install knot on Debian 11.

What is knot

knot is:

Knot DNS is a fast, authoritative only, high performance, feature full and open source name server.

Knot DNS is developed by CZ.NIC Labs, the R&D department of .CZ registry and hence is well suited to run anything from the root zone, the top-level domain, to many smaller standard domain names.

There are three methods to install knot 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 knot Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install knot

Install knot Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install knot using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install knot

Install knot 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 knot using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install knot

How To Uninstall knot on Debian 11

To uninstall only the knot package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove knot

Uninstall knot And Its Dependencies

To uninstall knot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove knot

Remove knot Configurations and Data

To remove knot configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge knot

Remove knot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge knot

Dependencies

knot have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install knot package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.