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

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "dnsvi" package

This tutorial shows how to install dnsvi on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall dnsvi on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: dnsvi
Architecture: all
Version: 1.3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Christoph Berg
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 25
Depends: dnsutils, vim | editor, libsort-naturally-perl, sensible-utils
Filename: pool/universe/d/dnsvi/dnsvi_1.3_all.deb
Size: 8164
MD5sum: f46323827c46ae3bdc29c57f894bec77
SHA1: 97d15af825fa51b0fec12f9ba1818afe3bcfbf11
SHA256: aa73ccf4415951497c3794f875283f2723cdb4781b8a7793e5dad71ea8adbf49
SHA512: 0e2f75b2a3aa5bb92e3d6bcdfce9ce35614e900e769e2c704998cdfc99b39ff81f8f1a40bd24548172db0c350a0f09d82cb762bcf1bbe5cd978bd62030936c0b
Homepage: https://github.com/ChristophBerg/dnsvi
Description-en: edit dynamic DNS zones using vi
dnsvi is a frontend for nsupdate. Given a DNS zone name, it uses dig -t AXFR
to get all the records in a zone. It then spawns your favorite editor, and
upon completion, builds a list of "update add" and "update delete" statements
to feed to nsupdate
Description-md5: fb670f81b98f3daef5aca4b1c54c992e