How To Install android-androresolvd on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install android-androresolvd on Debian 9.

What is android-androresolvd

android-androresolvd is:

Small user space daemon to get the Android DNS server setting and maintain the resolver config on a regulary basis. Note, that this daemon has to be started by some running android programs, in order to have the ANDROID_PROPERTY_WORKSPACE environment variable and the /dev/ashmem file descriptor (usually #9) that is inherited from the calling process. Another note: cannot be started from a login shell, because bash --login closes all inherited file descriptors.

This only makes sense to install on a Debian chroot running on Android.

There are three methods to install android-androresolvd on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install android-androresolvd Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install android-androresolvd

Install android-androresolvd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install android-androresolvd

Install android-androresolvd 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 android-androresolvd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install android-androresolvd

How To Uninstall android-androresolvd on Debian 9

To uninstall only the android-androresolvd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove android-androresolvd

Uninstall android-androresolvd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall android-androresolvd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove android-androresolvd

Remove android-androresolvd Configurations and Data

To remove android-androresolvd configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge android-androresolvd

Remove android-androresolvd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge android-androresolvd

Dependencies

android-androresolvd have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• resolvconf

References

• android-androresolvd website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install android-androresolvd package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.