How To Install libisc160 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libisc160 on Debian 9. libisc160 is ISC Shared Library used by BIND

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libisc160 on Debian 9.

What is libisc160

libisc160 is:

The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) implements an Internet domain name server. BIND is the most widely-used name server software on the Internet, and is supported by the Internet Software Consortium, www.isc.org.

This package delivers the libisc shared library used by BIND’s daemons and clients.

There are three methods to install libisc160 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libisc160 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libisc160 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libisc160

Install libisc160 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libisc160 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libisc160

Install libisc160 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 libisc160 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libisc160

How To Uninstall libisc160 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libisc160 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libisc160

Uninstall libisc160 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libisc160 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libisc160

Remove libisc160 Configurations and Data

To remove libisc160 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libisc160

Remove libisc160 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libisc160 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libisc160

Dependencies

libisc160 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libisc160 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.