How to Install and Uninstall dnsmasq-base Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: November 07,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "dnsmasq-base" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install dnsmasq-base on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "dnsmasq-base" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall dnsmasq-base on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: dnsmasq-base
Source: dnsmasq
Version: 2.89-1
Installed-Size: 1097
Maintainer: Simon Kelley
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: dnsmasq (<< 2.63-1~), dnsmasq-base
Provides: dnsmasq-base
Depends: adduser, libc6 (>= 2.34), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libgmp10 (>= 2:6.2.1+dfsg1), libhogweed6 (>= 2.4-3), libidn2-0 (>= 2.0.0), libnetfilter-conntrack3 (>= 1.0.1), libnettle8 (>= 2.4-3), libnftables1 (>= 1.0.2)
Recommends: dns-root-data
Conflicts: dnsmasq-base-lua
Breaks: dnsmasq (<< 2.63-1~)
Description: Small caching DNS proxy and DHCP/TFTP server
Description-md5: 1f9c3f0c557ca377bcc6c659e4694437
Homepage: http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html
Tag: admin::boot, admin::configuring, implemented-in::c, interface::daemon,
network::server, protocol::dhcp, protocol::dns, protocol::tftp,
role::program, scope::utility, use::proxying
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/dnsmasq/dnsmasq-base_2.89-1_amd64.deb
Size: 500900
MD5sum: 62aaac0fabb837b23622fd9260f417fb
SHA256: 725b0380ec0d3928f6a4fdf8cb315e71fc598374a6f43c6e67d9746da3dbd070