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

Last updated: January 23,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "smartdns" package

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


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall smartdns 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 smartdns package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: smartdns
Version: 40+dfsg-1
Installed-Size: 554
Maintainer: Mo Zhou
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Description: local DNS server to obtain the fastest IP for the best experience
Description-md5: a9e848fcda1dc3e1a2260a933f9b67f2
Homepage: https://github.com/pymumu/smartdns
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/smartdns/smartdns_40+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 337548
MD5sum: 2dae49eece4e786ad7e73d1a3c009ef9
SHA256: 8388fb543f870fc77d17dbaa9874277d2ef37d120ad2ab24af730d7032a80bcb