How To Install dnsvi on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dnsvi on Debian 11.
What is dnsvi
dnsvi is:
dnsvi is a frontend for nsupdate. Given a DNS zone name, it uses dig -t AXFR to get all the records in a zone. It then spawns your favorite editor, and upon completion, builds a list of “update add” and “update delete” statements to feed to nsupdate
There are three methods to install dnsvi 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 dnsvi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dnsvi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dnsvi
Install dnsvi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dnsvi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dnsvi
Install dnsvi 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 dnsvi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dnsvi
How To Uninstall dnsvi on Debian 11
To uninstall only the dnsvi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dnsvi
Uninstall dnsvi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dnsvi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dnsvi
Remove dnsvi Configurations and Data
To remove dnsvi configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dnsvi
Remove dnsvi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dnsvi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dnsvi
Dependencies
dnsvi have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dnsvi package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.