How To Install python3-certbot-dns-standalone on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-certbot-dns-standalone
on Debian 12.
What is python3-certbot-dns-standalone
python3-certbot-dns-standalone is:
The objective of Certbot, Let’s Encrypt, and the ACME (Automated Certificate Management Environment) protocol is to make it possible to set up an HTTPS server and have it automatically obtain a browser-trusted certificate, without any human intervention. This is accomplished by running a certificate management agent on the web server.
This agent is used to:
- Automatically prove to the Let’s Encrypt CA that you control the website
- Obtain a browser-trusted certificate and set it up on your web server
- Keep track of when your certificate is going to expire, and renew it
- Help you revoke the certificate if that ever becomes necessary.
This package contains a plugin that uses an integrated DNS server to respond to the _acme-challenge records.
There are three methods to install python3-certbot-dns-standalone
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 python3-certbot-dns-standalone Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-certbot-dns-standalone
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-certbot-dns-standalone
Install python3-certbot-dns-standalone Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-certbot-dns-standalone
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-certbot-dns-standalone
Install python3-certbot-dns-standalone 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 python3-certbot-dns-standalone
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-certbot-dns-standalone
How To Uninstall python3-certbot-dns-standalone on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-certbot-dns-standalone
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-certbot-dns-standalone
Uninstall python3-certbot-dns-standalone And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-certbot-dns-standalone
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-certbot-dns-standalone
Remove python3-certbot-dns-standalone Configurations and Data
To remove python3-certbot-dns-standalone
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-certbot-dns-standalone
Remove python3-certbot-dns-standalone configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-certbot-dns-standalone
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-certbot-dns-standalone
Dependencies
python3-certbot-dns-standalone have the following dependencies:
- certbot
- python3-acme-abi-2
- python3-certbot-abi-2
- python3-acme
- python3-certbot
- python3-dnslib
- python3-mock
- python3-pkg-resources
- python3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-certbot-dns-standalone
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.