How To Install dnstop on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dnstop on Debian 10.
What is dnstop
dnstop is:
dnstop is a console tool to analyze and display various tables of DNS traffic. Currently dnstop displays tables of (among others):
- Source IP addresses
- Destination IP addresses
- Query types
- Top level domains
- Second level domains
There are three methods to install dnstop 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 dnstop Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dnstop using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dnstop
Install dnstop Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dnstop using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dnstop
Install dnstop 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 dnstop using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dnstop
How To Uninstall dnstop on Debian 10
To uninstall only the dnstop package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dnstop
Uninstall dnstop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dnstop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dnstop
Remove dnstop Configurations and Data
To remove dnstop configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dnstop
Remove dnstop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dnstop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dnstop
Dependencies
dnstop have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dnstop package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.