How To Install gdnsd-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdnsd-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gdnsd-dev
gdnsd-dev is:
gdnsd is an Authoritative-only DNS server. The initial g stands for Geographic, as gdnsd offers a plugin system for geographic (or other sorts of) balancing, redirection, and service-state-conscious failover.
gdnsd has a strong focus on high performance, low latency service. It does not offer any form of caching or recursive service, and does not support DNSSEC.
This package provides header files useful to build third-party plugins.
There are three methods to install gdnsd-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gdnsd-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gdnsd-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gdnsd-dev
Install gdnsd-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gdnsd-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gdnsd-dev
Install gdnsd-dev 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 gdnsd-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gdnsd-dev
How To Uninstall gdnsd-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gdnsd-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gdnsd-dev
Uninstall gdnsd-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gdnsd-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gdnsd-dev
Remove gdnsd-dev Configurations and Data
To remove gdnsd-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gdnsd-dev
Remove gdnsd-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gdnsd-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gdnsd-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdnsd-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
