How to Install and Uninstall libnss-mdns Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 14,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libnss-mdns" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libnss-mdns on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libnss-mdns" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libnss-mdns 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 libnss-mdns package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libnss-mdns
Source: nss-mdns
Version: 0.15.1-3
Installed-Size: 141
Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: avahi-daemon
Suggests: avahi-autoipd | zeroconf
Description: NSS module for Multicast DNS name resolution
Description-md5: 444ce9bf0bb23eb51ed79b00c0d6d796
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://github.com/lathiat/nss-mdns
Tag: implemented-in::c, protocol::dns, protocol::ip, protocol::zeroconf,
role::plugin, role::program
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/nss-mdns/libnss-mdns_0.15.1-3_amd64.deb
Size: 20644
MD5sum: 41a016db7fd4ffad9a5bf543dfa4a133
SHA256: b6046c6152e3bc168aaf69c55cbe0a18237c4fde891572f8d5b7cd1ea4f0d1f3