How To Install libnss-mdns on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnss-mdns
on Debian 9.
What is libnss-mdns
libnss-mdns is:
nss-mdns is a plugin for the GNU Name Service Switch (NSS) functionality of the GNU C Library (glibc) providing host name resolution via Multicast DNS (using Zeroconf, aka Apple Bonjour / Apple Rendezvous ), effectively allowing name resolution by common Unix/Linux programs in the ad-hoc mDNS domain .local.
There are three methods to install libnss-mdns
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 libnss-mdns Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnss-mdns
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnss-mdns
Install libnss-mdns Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnss-mdns
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnss-mdns
Install libnss-mdns 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 libnss-mdns
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnss-mdns
How To Uninstall libnss-mdns on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libnss-mdns
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnss-mdns
Uninstall libnss-mdns And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnss-mdns
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnss-mdns
Remove libnss-mdns Configurations and Data
To remove libnss-mdns
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnss-mdns
Remove libnss-mdns configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnss-mdns
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnss-mdns
Dependencies
libnss-mdns have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnss-mdns
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.