How to Install and Uninstall dnscache Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "dnscache" package

This tutorial shows how to install dnscache on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall dnscache on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dnscache
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dnscache package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: dnscache
Source: djbdns
Version: 1:1.05-13+deb11u1
Installed-Size: 133
Maintainer: Peter Pentchev
Architecture: amd64
Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.51), runit-helper (>= 2.10.0~), sysuser-helper (<< 1.4), libc6 (>= 2.4)
Recommends: daemon, runit
Breaks: runit (<< 2.1.2-36~)
Description: DNS cache - tool for finding addresses of Internet hosts
Description-md5: 30ba9f7ccf3fdc71e9c68bf2cb1c93fe
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/djbdns/dnscache_1.05-13+deb11u1_amd64.deb
Size: 46476
MD5sum: 4acd883e58745250c5065c62136ff77c
SHA256: 49687e1404593d706c3f0a52eba45da8953d9b42e360932df112deec99bbb82f