How To Install python-dns on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-dns on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-dns package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
