How To Install tinydyndns on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tinydyndns on Debian 9.
What is tinydyndns
tinydyndns is:
tinydyndns is a simple but powerful dynamic DNS solution that uses djbdns. It cooperates with the djbdns package to publish dynamic IP addresses authenticated through POP connections. On successfully authenticated POP connections, the tinydyndns-update program manipulates tinydns’ constant database “data.cdb” directly without rebuilding it; this makes the dynamic DNS solution use very few system resources.
Using a POP service for authentication saves the work for installing special client software, since POP clients are available for every common network-aware operating system. To provide the DNS and POP services, tinydyndns cooperates with djbdns, mailfront, and cvm.
The POP service can easily be replaced with other services that provide authentication, such as APOP, IMAPS, …
There are three methods to install tinydyndns on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install tinydyndns Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tinydyndns using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tinydyndns
Install tinydyndns Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tinydyndns using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tinydyndns
Install tinydyndns 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 tinydyndns using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tinydyndns
How To Uninstall tinydyndns on Debian 9
To uninstall only the tinydyndns package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tinydyndns
Uninstall tinydyndns And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tinydyndns and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tinydyndns
Remove tinydyndns Configurations and Data
To remove tinydyndns configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tinydyndns
Remove tinydyndns configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tinydyndns configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tinydyndns
Dependencies
tinydyndns have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tinydyndns package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.