How To Install zonemaster-cli on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zonemaster-cli on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is zonemaster-cli
zonemaster-cli is:
Zonemaster is a utility for DNS validation of the quality of a DNS delegation.
This package contains the Zonemaster CLI utility.
There are three methods to install zonemaster-cli 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 zonemaster-cli Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zonemaster-cli using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zonemaster-cli
Install zonemaster-cli Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zonemaster-cli using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zonemaster-cli
Install zonemaster-cli 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 zonemaster-cli using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zonemaster-cli
How To Uninstall zonemaster-cli on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the zonemaster-cli package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zonemaster-cli
Uninstall zonemaster-cli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zonemaster-cli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zonemaster-cli
Remove zonemaster-cli Configurations and Data
To remove zonemaster-cli configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zonemaster-cli
Remove zonemaster-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zonemaster-cli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zonemaster-cli
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zonemaster-cli package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
