How To Install smartdns on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install smartdns on Ubuntu.
What is smartdns
smartdns is:
SmartDNS is a local DNS server. SmartDNS accepts DNS query requests from local clients, obtains DNS query results from multiple upstream DNS servers, and returns the fastest access results to clients. Avoiding DNS pollution and improving network access speed, supports high-performance ad filtering. Unlike dnsmasq’s all-servers, smartdns returns the fastest access resolution.
There are three methods to install smartdns on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install smartdns Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install smartdns using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install smartdns
Install smartdns Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install smartdns using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install smartdns
Install smartdns 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 smartdns using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install smartdns
How To Uninstall smartdns on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the smartdns package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove smartdns
Uninstall smartdns And Its Dependencies
To uninstall smartdns and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove smartdns
Remove smartdns Configurations and Data
To remove smartdns configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge smartdns
Remove smartdns configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove smartdns configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smartdns
Dependencies
smartdns have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install smartdns package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.