How to Install and Uninstall dnsutils Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "dnsutils" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install dnsutils on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                dnsutils
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "dnsutils" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall dnsutils on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dnsutils
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dnsutils package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: dnsutils
Source: bind9
Version: 1:9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1+deb10u7
Installed-Size: 724
Maintainer: Debian DNS Team
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: bind9 (<< 1:9.11.2+dfsg-6)
Depends: bind9-host | host, libbind9-161 (= 1:9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1+deb10u7), libdns1104 (= 1:9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1+deb10u7), libisc1100 (= 1:9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1+deb10u7), libisccfg163 (= 1:9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1+deb10u7), liblwres161 (= 1:9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1+deb10u7), libc6 (>= 2.14), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libcom-err2 (>= 1.43.9), libfstrm0 (>= 0.2.0), libgeoip1, libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.6.dfsg.2), libidn2-0 (>= 2.0.0), libirs161 (>= 1:9.10.6+dfsg), libjson-c3 (>= 0.10), libk5crypto3 (>= 1.6.dfsg.2), libkrb5-3 (>= 1.6.dfsg.2), liblmdb0 (>= 0.9.6), libprotobuf-c1 (>= 1.0.0), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libxml2 (>= 2.6.27)
Suggests: rblcheck
Breaks: bind9 (<< 1:9.11.2+dfsg-6~)
Description: Clients provided with BIND
Description-md5: 11090f3795381e992a73710a1cc4118b
Homepage: https://www.isc.org/downloads/bind/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, network::client,
protocol::dns, role::program
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bind9/dnsutils_9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1+deb10u7_amd64.deb
Size: 365248
MD5sum: 8c26dd9090b3eb3d1b3f0704fe66c371
SHA256: c96e6ba37a4f484912cf1c9642744e0761428658ce9ec1a0d6c1555d781d0709