How To Install bind9-utils on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install bind9-utils on Ubuntu 20.04. bind9-utils is Utilities for BIND 9 Utilities for BIND 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bind9-utils on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is bind9-utils

bind9-utils is:

This package provides various utilities that are useful for maintaining a working BIND 9 installation. Task: dns-server

Package: bind9-utils Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:9.16.1-0ubuntu2 Priority: optional Section: net Source: bind9 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian DNS Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 744 Provides: bind9utils Depends: python3-ply, python3:any, bind9-libs (>= 1:9.16.1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0) Breaks: bind-utils (« 1:9.13.6~), bind9utils (« 1:9.12.0~) Replaces: bind-utils (« 1:9.13.6~), bind9utils (« 1:9.12.0~) Filename: pool/main/b/bind9/bind9-utils_9.16.1-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 172116 MD5sum: 81269cfee7414463873955b6dcafe2fc SHA1: 59d484253ebae976e357c9e598ebb043a155a0b9 SHA256: 7860b40105ef73cc8394bdfe7e8da42fe6b5b07d52a246d55f6667760b230c4b Homepage: https://www.isc.org/downloads/bind/ Description-en: Utilities for BIND 9 This package provides various utilities that are useful for maintaining a working BIND 9 installation. Task: dns-server

There are three methods to install bind9-utils on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-utils 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-utils using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bind9-utils

Install bind9-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bind9-utils

Install bind9-utils 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-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bind9-utils

How To Uninstall bind9-utils on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove bind9-utils

Uninstall bind9-utils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bind9-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bind9-utils

Remove bind9-utils Configurations and Data

To remove bind9-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bind9-utils

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bind9-utils package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.