How To Install tinydns on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tinydns on Debian 11.
What is tinydns
tinydns is:
tinydns is general-purpose DNS server that accepts iterative DNS queries from hosts around the Internet, and responds with locally configured information.
This program is used by network administrators to publish the IP addresses of their computers; this package is unlikely to be useful for regular workstation.
There are three methods to install tinydns on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install tinydns Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tinydns using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tinydns
Install tinydns Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tinydns using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tinydns
Install tinydns 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 tinydns using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tinydns
How To Uninstall tinydns on Debian 11
To uninstall only the tinydns package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tinydns
Uninstall tinydns And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tinydns and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tinydns
Remove tinydns Configurations and Data
To remove tinydns configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tinydns
Remove tinydns configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tinydns configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tinydns
Dependencies
tinydns have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tinydns package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
