How To Install opendnssec-common on Debian 11

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opendnssec-common on Debian 11.

What is opendnssec-common

opendnssec-common is:

OpenDNSSEC is a complete DNSSEC zone signing system which is very easy to use with stability and security in mind. There are a lot of details in signing zone files with DNSSEC and OpenDNSSEC covers most of it.

This package contains common configuration files and creates default user, group and opendnssec directories.

There are three methods to install opendnssec-common 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 opendnssec-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install opendnssec-common

Install opendnssec-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install opendnssec-common

Install opendnssec-common 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 opendnssec-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install opendnssec-common

How To Uninstall opendnssec-common on Debian 11

To uninstall only the opendnssec-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove opendnssec-common

Uninstall opendnssec-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall opendnssec-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove opendnssec-common

Remove opendnssec-common Configurations and Data

To remove opendnssec-common configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge opendnssec-common

Remove opendnssec-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opendnssec-common

Dependencies

opendnssec-common have the following dependencies:

• adduser
• ucf
• debconf

References

• opendnssec-common website
• opendnssec-common on packages.debian.org

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install opendnssec-common package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.