How To Install libisc169 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libisc169 on Ubuntu 18.04. libisc169 is ISC Shared Library used by BIND

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libisc169 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libisc169

libisc169 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 libisc169 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 libisc169 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libisc169 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libisc169

Install libisc169 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libisc169 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libisc169

Install libisc169 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 libisc169 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libisc169

How To Uninstall libisc169 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libisc169 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libisc169

Uninstall libisc169 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libisc169 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libisc169

Remove libisc169 Configurations and Data

To remove libisc169 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libisc169

Remove libisc169 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libisc169 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libisc169

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libisc169 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.