How To Install put-dns on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install put-dns on Debian 12.
What is put-dns
put-dns is:
put-dns provides a simple cli interface to create external DNS records on various external providers, hiding the details of the access. Aimed at allowing packages a simple interface, based on the RFC1034 record format, to create the DNS entries required for them to operate as expected. The default ’none’ provider simply accumulates the pending DNS records in a file for manual creation. The ‘mythicbeasts’ provider is native to put-dns. The following providers require the ’lexicon’ package:
There are three methods to install put-dns 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 put-dns Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install put-dns using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install put-dns
Install put-dns Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install put-dns using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install put-dns
Install put-dns 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 put-dns using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install put-dns
How To Uninstall put-dns on Debian 12
To uninstall only the put-dns package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove put-dns
Uninstall put-dns And Its Dependencies
To uninstall put-dns and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove put-dns
Remove put-dns Configurations and Data
To remove put-dns configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge put-dns
Remove put-dns configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove put-dns configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge put-dns
Dependencies
put-dns have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install put-dns package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
