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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "rdnssd" package

This guide let you learn how to install rdnssd on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall rdnssd on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: rdnssd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0.4-1ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Source: ndisc6
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernhard Schmidt
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 62
Pre-Depends: adduser
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Suggests: ndisc6
Conflicts: network-manager
Filename: pool/universe/n/ndisc6/rdnssd_1.0.4-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 15900
MD5sum: 849ad6c0bca37591157a14b36b0ec989
SHA1: 939a7445bd5b97948b3ad2d287ed025533bf291f
SHA256: 722c4693c2cbfe2018ade725d5ccdf7b4b469c5c238f2611e48585d161ea26fe
SHA512: 3830551d33e6ad53159202788b7201989567a51743a93e3c68f0e39310cd6a5097a16dde0b7bbe6e405a5678856efe8b5470d55cc73b563d6a2f525382f6c1c0
Homepage: http://www.remlab.net/ndisc6/
Description-en: IPv6 recursive DNS server discovery daemon
rdnssd autoconfigures recursive DNS servers on IPv6 networks
using ICMPv6 Neighbor Discovery (RFC 5006), and can update the
DNS resolvers configuration (/etc/resolv.conf) accordingly.
Description-md5: 7f6af1fa6e3e8a6e206f1e1d3aa62701