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

Last updated: May 12,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "dnsdist" package

Please follow the instructions below to install dnsdist on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall dnsdist 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 dnsdist package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: dnsdist
Version: 1.7.3-2
Installed-Size: 8229
Maintainer: dnsdist packagers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: adduser, libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libcdb1, libedit2 (>= 2.11-20080614-0), libfstrm0 (>= 0.4.0), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libh2o-evloop0.13 (>= 2.2.5+dfsg2), liblmdb0 (>= 0.9.7), libluajit-5.1-2 (>= 2.0.4+dfsg) | libluajit2-5.1-2 (>= 2.1~), libnghttp2-14 (>= 1.28.0), libre2-9 (>= 20131024+dfsg), libsnmp40 (>= 5.9.3+dfsg), libsodium23 (>= 1.0.12), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), libstdc++6 (>= 12.2.0-10), libsystemd0
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Description: DNS loadbalancer
Description-md5: a513b049e15ad7501b5fce6d42694c08
Homepage: https://dnsdist.org
Tag: uitoolkit::ncurses
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/dnsdist/dnsdist_1.7.3-2_amd64.deb
Size: 2081644
MD5sum: 3acf55ee0e96c81ef3b4c4deef9c946c
SHA256: 56e698c401e1a456233f06274d4a0aa17ca908a7b1f6f0349c1e2b83cc353b9f