How To Install libunbound-dev on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libunbound-dev
on Debian 11.
What is libunbound-dev
libunbound-dev is:
Static library, header files, and documentation for libunbound.
libunbound performs and validates DNS lookups; it can be used to convert hostnames to IP addresses and back and obtain other information from the DNS. Cryptographic validation of results is performed with DNSSEC.
There are three methods to install libunbound-dev
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libunbound-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libunbound-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libunbound-dev
Install libunbound-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libunbound-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libunbound-dev
Install libunbound-dev 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 libunbound-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libunbound-dev
How To Uninstall libunbound-dev on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libunbound-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libunbound-dev
Uninstall libunbound-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libunbound-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libunbound-dev
Remove libunbound-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libunbound-dev
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libunbound-dev
Remove libunbound-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libunbound-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libunbound-dev
Dependencies
libunbound-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libunbound-dev
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.