How To Install bind9 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bind9 on Debian 11.
What is bind9
bind9 is:
The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND 9) implements an Internet domain name server. BIND 9 is the most widely-used name server software on the Internet, and is supported by the Internet Software Consortium, www.isc.org.
This package provides the server and related configuration files.
There are three methods to install bind9 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 bind9 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bind9 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bind9
Install bind9 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bind9 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bind9
Install bind9 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 bind9 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bind9
How To Uninstall bind9 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the bind9 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bind9
Uninstall bind9 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bind9 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bind9
Remove bind9 Configurations and Data
To remove bind9 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bind9
Remove bind9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bind9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bind9
Dependencies
bind9 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bind9 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.