How To Install bind9-libs on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install bind9-libs on Ubuntu 22.04. bind9-libs is Shared Libraries used by BIND 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bind9-libs on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is bind9-libs

bind9-libs 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 contains a bundle of shared libraries used by BIND 9.

There are three methods to install bind9-libs on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-libs 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-libs using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bind9-libs

Install bind9-libs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install bind9-libs using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install bind9-libs

Install bind9-libs 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install bind9-libs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bind9-libs

How To Uninstall bind9-libs on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the bind9-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bind9-libs

Uninstall bind9-libs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bind9-libs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bind9-libs

Remove bind9-libs Configurations and Data

To remove bind9-libs configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bind9-libs

Remove bind9-libs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove bind9-libs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bind9-libs

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bind9-libs package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.