How To Install dns2tcp on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dns2tcp
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is dns2tcp
dns2tcp is:
dns2tcp is a set of tools to encapsulate a TCP session in DNS packets. This type of encapsulation generates smaller packets than IP-over-DNS, improving throughput. The client does not need root privileges.1
There are three methods to install dns2tcp
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 dns2tcp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dns2tcp
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dns2tcp
Install dns2tcp Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dns2tcp
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dns2tcp
Install dns2tcp 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 dns2tcp
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dns2tcp
How To Uninstall dns2tcp on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the dns2tcp
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dns2tcp
Uninstall dns2tcp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dns2tcp
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dns2tcp
Remove dns2tcp Configurations and Data
To remove dns2tcp
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dns2tcp
Remove dns2tcp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dns2tcp
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dns2tcp
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dns2tcp
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.