How To Install bind9-host on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bind9-host on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is bind9-host
bind9-host is:
This package provides /usr/bin/host, a simple utility (bundled with the BIND 9.X sources) which can be used for converting domain names to IP addresses and the reverse.
This utility is deprecated, use dig or delv from the dnsutils package.
There are three methods to install bind9-host 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 bind9-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 bind9-host using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bind9-host
Install bind9-host Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bind9-host using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bind9-host
Install bind9-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install bind9-host using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bind9-host
How To Uninstall bind9-host on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the bind9-host package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bind9-host
Uninstall bind9-host And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bind9-host and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bind9-host
Remove bind9-host Configurations and Data
To remove bind9-host configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bind9-host
Remove bind9-host configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bind9-host configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bind9-host
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bind9-host package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
