How To Install python-dns on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-dns on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-dns is DNS client module for Python

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-dns on Debian 10.

What is python-dns

python-dns is:

This Python module provides an DNS API for looking up DNS entries from within Python modules and applications. This module is a simple, lightweight implementation. It is not as complete as python-dnspython, but is useful for many common applications.

There are three methods to install python-dns on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python-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 python-dns using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-dns

Install python-dns Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-dns

Install python-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 python-dns using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-dns

How To Uninstall python-dns on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-dns package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-dns

Uninstall python-dns And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-dns and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-dns

Remove python-dns Configurations and Data

To remove python-dns configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-dns

Remove python-dns configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-dns

Dependencies

python-dns have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-dns package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.