How To Install avahi-dnsconfd on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install avahi-dnsconfd on Debian 10.
What is avahi-dnsconfd
avahi-dnsconfd 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 tool listens on the network for announced DNS servers and passes them to resolvconf so it can use them. This is very useful on autoconfigured IPv6 networks.
There are three methods to install avahi-dnsconfd on Debian 10. 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-dnsconfd 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-dnsconfd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install avahi-dnsconfd
Install avahi-dnsconfd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install avahi-dnsconfd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install avahi-dnsconfd
Install avahi-dnsconfd 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-dnsconfd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install avahi-dnsconfd
How To Uninstall avahi-dnsconfd on Debian 10
To uninstall only the avahi-dnsconfd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove avahi-dnsconfd
Uninstall avahi-dnsconfd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall avahi-dnsconfd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove avahi-dnsconfd
Remove avahi-dnsconfd Configurations and Data
To remove avahi-dnsconfd configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge avahi-dnsconfd
Remove avahi-dnsconfd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove avahi-dnsconfd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge avahi-dnsconfd
Dependencies
avahi-dnsconfd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install avahi-dnsconfd package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.