How To Install python3-getdns on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-getdns on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-getdns is modern asynchronous DNS API (python 3 bindings)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-getdns on Debian 12.

What is python3-getdns

python3-getdns is:

getdns is a modern asynchronous DNS API. It implements DNS entry points from a design developed and vetted by application developers, in an API specification edited by Paul Hoffman. With the development of this API, we intend to offer application developers a modernized and flexible way to access DNS security (DNSSEC) and other powerful new DNS features; a particular hope is to inspire application developers towards innovative security solutions in their applications.

This package contains python 3 bindings for the library.

There are three methods to install python3-getdns 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-getdns 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-getdns using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-getdns

Install python3-getdns Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-getdns using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-getdns

Install python3-getdns 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-getdns using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-getdns

How To Uninstall python3-getdns on Debian 12

To uninstall only the python3-getdns package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-getdns

Uninstall python3-getdns And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-getdns and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-getdns

Remove python3-getdns Configurations and Data

To remove python3-getdns configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-getdns

Remove python3-getdns configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-getdns configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-getdns

Dependencies

python3-getdns have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-getdns package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.