How To Install dnsutils on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dnsutils on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is dnsutils
dnsutils is:
This is a transitional package. It can safely be removed.
Package: dnsutils Architecture: all Version: 1:9.16.1-0ubuntu2 Priority: optional Section: universe/net Source: bind9 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian DNS Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 44 Depends: bind9-dnsutils Filename: pool/universe/b/bind9/dnsutils_9.16.1-0ubuntu2_all.deb Size: 2752 MD5sum: a5d3f705aadf1129193cb86f0c45bba9 SHA1: c1d839f2189fd523c9855e882f1fd441ff10c253 SHA256: 8c0aa1bcb0f90e32460a898ea801c89005b8cb2684409b92eb7ef41def1cf7e2 Homepage: https://www.isc.org/downloads/bind/ Description-en: Transitional package for bind9-dnsutils This is a transitional package. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install dnsutils 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 dnsutils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dnsutils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dnsutils
Install dnsutils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dnsutils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dnsutils
Install dnsutils 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 dnsutils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dnsutils
How To Uninstall dnsutils on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the dnsutils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dnsutils
Uninstall dnsutils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dnsutils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dnsutils
Remove dnsutils Configurations and Data
To remove dnsutils configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dnsutils
Remove dnsutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dnsutils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dnsutils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dnsutils package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
