How To Install namebench on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install namebench on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is namebench
namebench is:
Searches the fastest DNS servers available for your computer to use. namebench runs a fair and thorough benchmark using your web browser history, tcpdump output, or standardized datasets in order to provide an individualized recommendation. namebench is completely free and does not modify your system in any way.
There are three methods to install namebench 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 namebench Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install namebench using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install namebench
Install namebench Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install namebench using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install namebench
Install namebench 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 namebench using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install namebench
How To Uninstall namebench on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the namebench package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove namebench
Uninstall namebench And Its Dependencies
To uninstall namebench and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove namebench
Remove namebench Configurations and Data
To remove namebench configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge namebench
Remove namebench configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove namebench configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge namebench
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install namebench package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
