How To Install aardvark-dns on Debian 12

Learn how to install aardvark-dns on Debian 12 with this tutorial. aardvark-dns is Container-focused DNS server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aardvark-dns on Debian 12.

What is aardvark-dns

aardvark-dns is:

Netavark is designed to work with podman but is also applicable for other OCI container management applications.

There are three methods to install aardvark-dns 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 aardvark-dns Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install aardvark-dns

Install aardvark-dns Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install aardvark-dns

Install aardvark-dns 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 aardvark-dns using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install aardvark-dns

How To Uninstall aardvark-dns on Debian 12

To uninstall only the aardvark-dns package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove aardvark-dns

Uninstall aardvark-dns And Its Dependencies

To uninstall aardvark-dns and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove aardvark-dns

Remove aardvark-dns Configurations and Data

To remove aardvark-dns configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge aardvark-dns

Remove aardvark-dns configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aardvark-dns

Dependencies

aardvark-dns have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install aardvark-dns package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.