How To Install pike8.0-dnssd on Debian 12

Learn how to install pike8.0-dnssd on Debian 12 with this tutorial. pike8.0-dnssd is DNS Service Discovery (DNS-SD) for Pike

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pike8.0-dnssd on Debian 12.

What is pike8.0-dnssd

pike8.0-dnssd is:

This Pike module enables one to take advantage of DNS service discovery.

DNS Service Discovery is a way of using standard DNS programming interfaces, servers, and packet formats to browse the network for services.

Pike is an interpreted programming language, for more information see the description of the pike8.0-core package.

There are three methods to install pike8.0-dnssd 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 pike8.0-dnssd Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install pike8.0-dnssd using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pike8.0-dnssd

Install pike8.0-dnssd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pike8.0-dnssd using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pike8.0-dnssd

Install pike8.0-dnssd 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 pike8.0-dnssd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pike8.0-dnssd

How To Uninstall pike8.0-dnssd on Debian 12

To uninstall only the pike8.0-dnssd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pike8.0-dnssd

Uninstall pike8.0-dnssd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pike8.0-dnssd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pike8.0-dnssd

Remove pike8.0-dnssd Configurations and Data

To remove pike8.0-dnssd configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pike8.0-dnssd

Remove pike8.0-dnssd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove pike8.0-dnssd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pike8.0-dnssd

Dependencies

pike8.0-dnssd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pike8.0-dnssd package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.