How To Install libmdnsd1 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libmdnsd1 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libmdnsd1 is small mDNS library for mdnsd

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmdnsd1 on Debian 12.

What is libmdnsd1

libmdnsd1 is:

This is the multicast DNS (mDNS) library used by mdnsd. It can be used by any application in need of advertising its services over mDNS-SD.

See the libmdnsd-dev package for details.

There are three methods to install libmdnsd1 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 libmdnsd1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmdnsd1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmdnsd1

Install libmdnsd1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmdnsd1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmdnsd1

Install libmdnsd1 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 libmdnsd1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmdnsd1

How To Uninstall libmdnsd1 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libmdnsd1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmdnsd1

Uninstall libmdnsd1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmdnsd1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmdnsd1

Remove libmdnsd1 Configurations and Data

To remove libmdnsd1 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmdnsd1

Remove libmdnsd1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmdnsd1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmdnsd1

Dependencies

libmdnsd1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmdnsd1 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.