How To Install iodine on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install iodine on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is iodine
iodine is:
This is a piece of software that lets you tunnel IPv4 data through a DNS server. This can be usable in different situations where internet access is firewalled, but DNS queries are allowed.
There are three methods to install iodine on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install iodine Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install iodine using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install iodine
Install iodine Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install iodine using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install iodine
Install iodine 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 iodine using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install iodine
How To Uninstall iodine on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the iodine package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove iodine
Uninstall iodine And Its Dependencies
To uninstall iodine and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove iodine
Remove iodine Configurations and Data
To remove iodine configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge iodine
Remove iodine configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove iodine configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge iodine
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install iodine package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
