How To Install yadifa 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 yadifa on Ubuntu.
What is yadifa
yadifa is:
YADIFA is a lightweight authoritative Name Server with DNSSEC capabilities. Developed by the passionate people behind the .eu top-level domain, YADIFA has been built from scratch to face today’s DNS challenges, with no compromise on security, speed and stability, to offer a better and safer Internet experience. YADIFA has a simple configuration syntax and can handle more queries per second while maintaining one of the lowest memory footprints in the industry. YADIFA also has one of the fastest zone file load times ever recorded on a name server.
This package provides the server and related configuration files.
There are three methods to install yadifa 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 yadifa Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install yadifa using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yadifa
Install yadifa Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install yadifa using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yadifa
Install yadifa 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 yadifa using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yadifa
How To Uninstall yadifa on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the yadifa package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yadifa
Uninstall yadifa And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yadifa and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yadifa
Remove yadifa Configurations and Data
To remove yadifa configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yadifa
Remove yadifa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yadifa configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yadifa
Dependencies
yadifa have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yadifa package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.