How To Install zonemaster-cli 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 zonemaster-cli on Ubuntu.

What is zonemaster-cli

zonemaster-cli is:

Zonemaster is a utility for DNS validation of the quality of a DNS delegation.

This package contains the Zonemaster CLI utility.

There are three methods to install zonemaster-cli 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 zonemaster-cli Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install zonemaster-cli using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install zonemaster-cli

Install zonemaster-cli Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install zonemaster-cli using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install zonemaster-cli

Install zonemaster-cli 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 zonemaster-cli using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install zonemaster-cli

How To Uninstall zonemaster-cli on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the zonemaster-cli package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove zonemaster-cli

Uninstall zonemaster-cli And Its Dependencies

To uninstall zonemaster-cli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zonemaster-cli

Remove zonemaster-cli Configurations and Data

To remove zonemaster-cli configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge zonemaster-cli

Remove zonemaster-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove zonemaster-cli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zonemaster-cli

Dependencies

zonemaster-cli have the following dependencies:

• libgetopt-long-descriptive-perl
• libintl-perl
• libjson-xs-perl
• libmoosex-getopt-perl
• libnet-ldns-perl
• libtext-reflow-perl
• libzonemaster-perl
• perl
• perl

References

• zonemaster-cli website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install zonemaster-cli package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.