How to Install and Uninstall bind9-host Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 18,2024

You can also install and uninstall the bind9-host on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "bind9-host" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install bind9-host on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "bind9-host" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall bind9-host on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bind9-host package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: bind9-host
Source: bind9
Version: 1:9.18.24-1
Installed-Size: 387
Maintainer: Debian DNS Team
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: bind-host (<< 1:9.13.6~)
Provides: host
Depends: bind9-libs (= 1:9.18.24-1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libidn2-0 (>= 2.0.0)
Breaks: bind-host (<< 1:9.13.6~)
Description: DNS Lookup Utility
Description-md5: 2dd2359e6a96f700ef352e6924685162
Homepage: https://www.isc.org/downloads/bind/
Section: net
Priority: standard
Filename: pool/updates/main/b/bind9/bind9-host_9.18.24-1_amd64.deb
Size: 304532
SHA256: 58428991a04df5286e04843e7daaad5a0d21e0225f6eaf282e084b654698f9ab

Package: bind9-host
Source: bind9
Version: 1:9.18.19-1~deb12u1
Installed-Size: 385
Maintainer: Debian DNS Team
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: bind-host (<< 1:9.13.6~)
Provides: host
Depends: bind9-libs (= 1:9.18.19-1~deb12u1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libidn2-0 (>= 2.0.0)
Breaks: bind-host (<< 1:9.13.6~)
Description: DNS Lookup Utility
Description-md5: 2dd2359e6a96f700ef352e6924685162
Homepage: https://www.isc.org/downloads/bind/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, network::client,
network::service, protocol::dns, protocol::ssl, role::program
Section: net
Priority: standard
Filename: pool/main/b/bind9/bind9-host_9.18.19-1~deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 302532
MD5sum: 0bc5245ef7873c97bc0000be2c7d3453
SHA256: b19e1d2b952c4d4eba95570fa7663a880e095e061935c8e0901658650f782723