How To Install libisccfg160 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libisccfg160 on Ubuntu 18.04. libisccfg160 is Config File Handling Library used by BIND

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libisccfg160 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libisccfg160

libisccfg160 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 libisccfg shared library used by BIND’s daemons and clients to read and write ISC-style configuration files like named.conf and rndc.conf.

There are three methods to install libisccfg160 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 libisccfg160 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libisccfg160 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libisccfg160

Install libisccfg160 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libisccfg160 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libisccfg160

Install libisccfg160 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 libisccfg160 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libisccfg160

How To Uninstall libisccfg160 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libisccfg160 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libisccfg160

Uninstall libisccfg160 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libisccfg160 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libisccfg160

Remove libisccfg160 Configurations and Data

To remove libisccfg160 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libisccfg160

Remove libisccfg160 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libisccfg160 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libisccfg160

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libisccfg160 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.