How to Install and Uninstall ddclient Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 12,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "ddclient" package

This is a short guide on how to install ddclient on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall ddclient on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ddclient package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: ddclient
Version: 3.10.0-2
Installed-Size: 445
Maintainer: Richard Hansen
Architecture: all
Provides: dyndns-client
Depends: perl:any, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Recommends: iproute2, libio-socket-ssl-perl, libio-socket-inet6-perl, libdigest-sha-perl, libjson-pp-perl
Description: address updating utility for dynamic DNS services
Description-md5: c061b70ebef6e12030d0e94015405c7a
Homepage: https://ddclient.net
Tag: implemented-in::perl, network::client, protocol::dns, role::program
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/ddclient/ddclient_3.10.0-2_all.deb
Size: 97448
MD5sum: a2096557d21058adbca091953a61685a
SHA256: c2a96c6502ce22d0be7d246b1ccff37c3082847bd016fbba946e8a005cece1e1