How To Install python-dnslib on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-dnslib on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-dnslib
python-dnslib is:
This DNS encode/decode Python module provides:
- Support for encoding/decoding DNS packets between wire format, Python objects, and Zone/DiG textual representation (dnslib.dns)
- A server framework allowing the simple creation of custom DNS resolvers (dnslib.server) and a number of example servers created using this framework
- A number of utilities for testing (dnslib.client, dnslib.proxy, dnslib.intercept)
This is the Python 2 version of the package.
There are three methods to install python-dnslib 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-dnslib 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-dnslib using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-dnslib
Install python-dnslib Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-dnslib using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-dnslib
Install python-dnslib 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-dnslib using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-dnslib
How To Uninstall python-dnslib on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-dnslib package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-dnslib
Uninstall python-dnslib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-dnslib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-dnslib
Remove python-dnslib Configurations and Data
To remove python-dnslib configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-dnslib
Remove python-dnslib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-dnslib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-dnslib
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-dnslib package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
