Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hostsed
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is hostsed
hostsed is:
Tool for editing hosts file(default /etc/hosts), you can add or delete a DNS
entry via command line shell.
Hotsed provides an idemponent command line experience with its
‘add’ and ‘delete’ commands avoiding duplicated or missing entries in the
hosts file.
There are three methods to install hostsed
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 hostsed Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hostsed
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hostsed
Install hostsed Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hostsed
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hostsed
Install hostsed 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 hostsed
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hostsed
How To Uninstall hostsed on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the hostsed
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hostsed
Uninstall hostsed And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hostsed
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hostsed
Remove hostsed Configurations and Data
To remove hostsed
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hostsed
Remove hostsed configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hostsed
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hostsed
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hostsed
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.