How To Install python3-dns on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dns on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-dns
python3-dns is:
This Python 3 module provides an DNS API for looking up DNS entries from within Python 3 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 python3-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 python3-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 python3-dns using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-dns
Install python3-dns Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-dns using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-dns
Install python3-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 python3-dns using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-dns
How To Uninstall python3-dns on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-dns package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-dns
Uninstall python3-dns And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-dns and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-dns
Remove python3-dns Configurations and Data
To remove python3-dns configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-dns
Remove python3-dns configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-dns configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-dns
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dns package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
