Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bind9-host on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is bind9-host
bind9-host is:
This package provides the ‘host’ DNS lookup utility in the form that
is bundled with the BIND 9 sources.
Task: standard
Package: bind9-host
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:9.16.1-0ubuntu2
Priority: standard
Section: net
Source: bind9
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected]
Original-Maintainer: Debian DNS Team [email protected]
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 153
Provides: host
Depends: bind9-libs (>= 1:9.16.1), libc6 (>= 2.4), libidn2-0 (>= 2.0.0), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0)
Breaks: bind-host (« 1:9.13.6~)
Replaces: bind-host (« 1:9.13.6~)
Filename: pool/main/b/bind9/bind9-host_9.16.1-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 42828
MD5sum: e0c34022ed1a0d1004335afd9af5a40b
SHA1: 639b007359b3650f638ace990b906b897e0c374f
SHA256: 8b0ab69bc856bcac2b3e8aae9c278b69d6c550f7a1cdd8097be5977000b8351d
Homepage: https://www.isc.org/downloads/bind/
Description-en: DNS Lookup Utility
This package provides the ‘host’ DNS lookup utility in the form that
is bundled with the BIND 9 sources.
Task: standard
There are three methods to install bind9-host on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bind9-host Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bind9-host using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bind9-host
Install bind9-host Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bind9-host using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bind9-host
Install bind9-host 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 bind9-host using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bind9-host
How To Uninstall bind9-host on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the bind9-host package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bind9-host
Uninstall bind9-host And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bind9-host and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bind9-host
Remove bind9-host Configurations and Data
To remove bind9-host configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bind9-host
Remove bind9-host configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bind9-host configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bind9-host
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bind9-host package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
