How To Install maradns-zoneserver on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install maradns-zoneserver on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is maradns-zoneserver
maradns-zoneserver is:
The MaraDNS zoneserver listens on port 53/tcp and handles DNS zone transfers and any DNS query done over TCP instead of UDP. It uses the same configuration file as the MaraDNS process itself.
This package also includes askmara-tcp, a version of askmara that uses TCP rather than UDP.
There are three methods to install maradns-zoneserver on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install maradns-zoneserver Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install maradns-zoneserver using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install maradns-zoneserver
Install maradns-zoneserver Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install maradns-zoneserver using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install maradns-zoneserver
Install maradns-zoneserver 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 maradns-zoneserver using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install maradns-zoneserver
How To Uninstall maradns-zoneserver on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the maradns-zoneserver package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove maradns-zoneserver
Uninstall maradns-zoneserver And Its Dependencies
To uninstall maradns-zoneserver and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove maradns-zoneserver
Remove maradns-zoneserver Configurations and Data
To remove maradns-zoneserver configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge maradns-zoneserver
Remove maradns-zoneserver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove maradns-zoneserver configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge maradns-zoneserver
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install maradns-zoneserver package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.