How To Install pdns-backend-bind on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pdns-backend-bind
on Debian 9.
What is pdns-backend-bind
pdns-backend-bind is:
PowerDNS is a versatile nameserver which supports a large number of different backends ranging from simple zonefiles to relational databases and load balancing/failover algorithms. PowerDNS tries to emphasize speed and security.
This package contains the bind backend for the PowerDNS nameserver. Zone data will be read from flat BIND-style zone files, and the list of zones needs to be given in a named.conf-style file.
There are three methods to install pdns-backend-bind
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pdns-backend-bind Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install pdns-backend-bind
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install pdns-backend-bind Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install pdns-backend-bind
using apt
by running the following command:
Install pdns-backend-bind 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.
After updating apt database, We can install pdns-backend-bind
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall pdns-backend-bind on Debian 9
To uninstall only the pdns-backend-bind
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall pdns-backend-bind And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pdns-backend-bind
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
Remove pdns-backend-bind Configurations and Data
To remove pdns-backend-bind
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
Remove pdns-backend-bind configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pdns-backend-bind
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
pdns-backend-bind have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pdns-backend-bind
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.