How To Install curvedns on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install curvedns on Ubuntu 20.04. curvedns is DNS/DNSCurve forwarding name server - binaries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install curvedns on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is curvedns

curvedns is:

The curvedns package provides software for DNS/DNSCurve.

CurveDNS is the first publicly released forwarding implementation that implements the DNSCurve protocol

There are three methods to install curvedns on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install curvedns Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install curvedns using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install curvedns

Install curvedns Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install curvedns using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install curvedns

Install curvedns 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 curvedns using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install curvedns

How To Uninstall curvedns on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the curvedns package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove curvedns

Uninstall curvedns And Its Dependencies

To uninstall curvedns and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove curvedns

Remove curvedns Configurations and Data

To remove curvedns configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge curvedns

Remove curvedns configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove curvedns configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge curvedns

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install curvedns package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.