How To Install inadyn on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install inadyn
on Debian 12.
What is inadyn
inadyn is:
It is used in routers and Internet gateways to automate the task of keeping your DNS record up to date with any IP address changes from your ISP. It can also be used in installations with redundant backup connections to the Internet.
Inadyn can maintain multiple host names with the same IP address, and has a HTTP/HTTPS based IP detection which runs well behind a NAT router.
Selected DDNS providers are supported natively, see inadyn(8) for the complete list. Other providers can be supported using the generic DDNS plugin. Some of these services are free of charge for non-commercial use. Others take a small fee but provide more domains to choose from.
There are three methods to install inadyn
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 inadyn Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install inadyn
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install inadyn
Install inadyn Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install inadyn
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install inadyn
Install inadyn 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 inadyn
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install inadyn
How To Uninstall inadyn on Debian 12
To uninstall only the inadyn
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove inadyn
Uninstall inadyn And Its Dependencies
To uninstall inadyn
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove inadyn
Remove inadyn Configurations and Data
To remove inadyn
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge inadyn
Remove inadyn configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove inadyn
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge inadyn
Dependencies
inadyn have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install inadyn
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.