How To Install cloudflare-ddns on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cloudflare-ddns on Debian 12.
What is cloudflare-ddns
cloudflare-ddns is:
cloudflare-ddns is a oneshot program: you run it, it updates the DNS record, and it terminates. This uses Cloudflare’s API, so to run the tool you’ll need an API token and the Zone ID of the DNS zone that you want to update.
This package contains the tool and a set of systemd units that make it run periodically.
There are three methods to install cloudflare-ddns on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cloudflare-ddns Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cloudflare-ddns using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cloudflare-ddns
Install cloudflare-ddns Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cloudflare-ddns using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cloudflare-ddns
Install cloudflare-ddns 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 cloudflare-ddns using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cloudflare-ddns
How To Uninstall cloudflare-ddns on Debian 12
To uninstall only the cloudflare-ddns package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cloudflare-ddns
Uninstall cloudflare-ddns And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cloudflare-ddns and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cloudflare-ddns
Remove cloudflare-ddns Configurations and Data
To remove cloudflare-ddns configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cloudflare-ddns
Remove cloudflare-ddns configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cloudflare-ddns configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cloudflare-ddns
Dependencies
cloudflare-ddns have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cloudflare-ddns package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
