How To Install hostfiles on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hostfiles on Debian 11.
What is hostfiles
hostfiles is:
hostfiles is a command-line tool which will read the hostfile fragments specified to be enabled from /etc/hostfiles/<fragment_name> and add them to /etc/hosts.
It will remove any fragments from /etc/hosts that are specified to be disabled.
There are three methods to install hostfiles 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 hostfiles Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hostfiles using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hostfiles
Install hostfiles Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hostfiles using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hostfiles
Install hostfiles 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 hostfiles using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hostfiles
How To Uninstall hostfiles on Debian 11
To uninstall only the hostfiles package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hostfiles
Uninstall hostfiles And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hostfiles and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hostfiles
Remove hostfiles Configurations and Data
To remove hostfiles configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hostfiles
Remove hostfiles configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hostfiles configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hostfiles
Dependencies
hostfiles have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hostfiles package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.