How to Install and Uninstall avahi-daemon Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "avahi-daemon" package

Please follow the steps below to install avahi-daemon on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                avahi-daemon
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "avahi-daemon" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall avahi-daemon on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                avahi-daemon
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the avahi-daemon package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: avahi-daemon
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.8-5ubuntu3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: net
Source: avahi
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 297
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libavahi-common3 (= 0.8-5ubuntu3), libavahi-core7 (= 0.8-5ubuntu3), libc6 (>= 2.33), libcap2 (>= 1:2.16), libdaemon0 (>= 0.14), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), adduser, dbus (>= 0.60), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), bind9-host | host
Recommends: libnss-mdns (>= 0.11)
Suggests: avahi-autoipd
Filename: pool/main/a/avahi/avahi-daemon_0.8-5ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 63736
MD5sum: 9f437b80c605194012ac51561020ca15
SHA1: e0b4d7dc41d44b53f799ef2f33ab23ac9787eb51
SHA256: 226e9024b4bcea516029f06e0c4497cecd4290dfd46c547bc96a3eec67abbea0
SHA512: 3983ad29c3686cf82e725a7843d2293858cea6606a984201d35274bd6a3909133b7e3e0fc0df9bf432e1f92a4516ccaf9a4dac36d7ba7dc5a1bb1d16e6e4e525
Homepage: http://avahi.org/
Description-en: Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD daemon
Avahi is a fully LGPL framework for Multicast DNS Service Discovery.
It allows programs to publish and discover services and hosts
running on a local network with no specific configuration. For
example you can plug into a network and instantly find printers to
print to, files to look at and people to talk to.
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This package contains the Avahi Daemon which represents your machine
on the network and allows other applications to publish and resolve
mDNS/DNS-SD records.
Description-md5: 13d651a25febc553220e03e75c6f4c7b
Task: print-server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi