How To Install avahi-daemon on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install avahi-daemon on Debian 9.
What is avahi-daemon
avahi-daemon is:
Avahi is a fully LGPL framework for Multicast DNS Service Discovery. It allows programs to publish and discover services and hosts running on a local network with no specific configuration. For example you can plug into a network and instantly find printers to print to, files to look at and people to talk to.
This package contains the Avahi Daemon which represents your machine on the network and allows other applications to publish and resolve mDNS/DNS-SD records.
There are three methods to install avahi-daemon 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 avahi-daemon Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install avahi-daemon using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install avahi-daemon
Install avahi-daemon Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install avahi-daemon using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install avahi-daemon
Install avahi-daemon 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 avahi-daemon using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install avahi-daemon
How To Uninstall avahi-daemon on Debian 9
To uninstall only the avahi-daemon package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove avahi-daemon
Uninstall avahi-daemon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall avahi-daemon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove avahi-daemon
Remove avahi-daemon Configurations and Data
To remove avahi-daemon configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge avahi-daemon
Remove avahi-daemon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove avahi-daemon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge avahi-daemon
Dependencies
avahi-daemon have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install avahi-daemon package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.