How To Install walldns 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 walldns on Ubuntu.
What is walldns
walldns is:
walldns accepts iterative DNS queries for in-addr.arpa domains from hosts around the Internet, and supplies generic responses that avoid revealing local host information.
There are three methods to install walldns 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 walldns Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install walldns using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install walldns
Install walldns Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install walldns using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install walldns
Install walldns 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 walldns using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install walldns
How To Uninstall walldns on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the walldns package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove walldns
Uninstall walldns And Its Dependencies
To uninstall walldns and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove walldns
Remove walldns Configurations and Data
To remove walldns configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge walldns
Remove walldns configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove walldns configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge walldns
Dependencies
walldns have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install walldns package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.