How To Install opendnssec-enforcer on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install opendnssec-enforcer on Debian 12.
What is opendnssec-enforcer
opendnssec-enforcer 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.
OpenDNSSEC Enforcer, which is a tool to make sure that there are enough keys for all of the zones, and take the policy and key information from the KASP database and turn it into an xml file that the signer can use.
The package contains OpenDNSSEC Enforcer documentation, manpages and it depends on either sqlite3 or MySQL backend package with binaries.
There are three methods to install opendnssec-enforcer on Debian 12. 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-enforcer 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-enforcer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install opendnssec-enforcer
Install opendnssec-enforcer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install opendnssec-enforcer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install opendnssec-enforcer
Install opendnssec-enforcer 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-enforcer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install opendnssec-enforcer
How To Uninstall opendnssec-enforcer on Debian 12
To uninstall only the opendnssec-enforcer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove opendnssec-enforcer
Uninstall opendnssec-enforcer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall opendnssec-enforcer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove opendnssec-enforcer
Remove opendnssec-enforcer Configurations and Data
To remove opendnssec-enforcer configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge opendnssec-enforcer
Remove opendnssec-enforcer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove opendnssec-enforcer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opendnssec-enforcer
Dependencies
opendnssec-enforcer have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install opendnssec-enforcer package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
