How to Install and Uninstall dnsdist Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "dnsdist" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install dnsdist on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall dnsdist on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dnsdist
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dnsdist package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: dnsdist
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.5.0-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: dnsdist packagers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 5997
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: adduser, libc6 (>= 2.25), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libcdb1, libedit2 (>= 2.11-20080614-0), libfstrm0 (>= 0.4.0), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgnutls30 (>= 3.6.12), libh2o-evloop0.13 (>= 2.2.5+dfsg2), liblmdb0 (>= 0.9.7), liblua5.2-0, libprotobuf23 (>= 3.12.3), libre2-8 (>= 20131024+dfsg), libsnmp35 (>= 5.8+dfsg), libsodium23 (>= 1.0.12), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.1), libstdc++6 (>= 9), libsystemd0
Filename: pool/universe/d/dnsdist/dnsdist_1.5.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 1533936
MD5sum: d00bfb55203df30c07888eab01ccde83
SHA1: 7a5048a4da2330560a1fc32fd7758a3cf101d90f
SHA256: 9872a5da32db06941c14ca09cb5fd4544643eac5a4d9f2da0127460506b9d94b
SHA512: 76f187b3c32d0fd59db8e9c93313093bea00e1da6eba82a490336bf56f2e148a5e3d99db1d79b8676b760209c89b72f4816ac13dd4bf630c575a7c5fc9c31c0f
Homepage: https://dnsdist.org
Description-en: DNS loadbalancer
Highly DoS- and abuse-aware load balancing tool for DNS traffic,
with Lua scripting and configuration capability.
Can be configured to use various sets of rules to classify, route
and reject traffic.
Description-md5: a513b049e15ad7501b5fce6d42694c08