How To Install unbound-host on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install unbound-host on Debian 12.
What is unbound-host
unbound-host is:
This package provides the ‘unbound-host’ program that is bundled with the Unbound domain name server. This version differs from the one provided in the package called host, which is from NIKHEF, and bind9-host, which is from ISC, and has a similar but different set of features and options.
There are three methods to install unbound-host 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 unbound-host Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install unbound-host using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install unbound-host
Install unbound-host Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install unbound-host using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install unbound-host
Install unbound-host 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 unbound-host using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install unbound-host
How To Uninstall unbound-host on Debian 12
To uninstall only the unbound-host package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove unbound-host
Uninstall unbound-host And Its Dependencies
To uninstall unbound-host and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove unbound-host
Remove unbound-host Configurations and Data
To remove unbound-host configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge unbound-host
Remove unbound-host configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove unbound-host configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unbound-host
Dependencies
unbound-host have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install unbound-host package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.