How to Install and Uninstall dnsdist Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: April 28,2024

1. Install "dnsdist" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install dnsdist on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

Learn how to uninstall dnsdist on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: dnsdist
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.5.1-3build2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: dnsdist packagers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 6781
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), libh2o-evloop0.13 (>= 2.2.5+dfsg2), liblmdb0 (>= 0.9.7), libluajit-5.1-2 (>= 2.0.4+dfsg), libprotobuf23 (>= 3.12.3), libre2-9 (>= 20131024+dfsg), libsnmp40 (>= 5.9+dfsg), libsodium23 (>= 1.0.12), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.1), libstdc++6 (>= 9), libsystemd0
Filename: pool/universe/d/dnsdist/dnsdist_1.5.1-3build2_amd64.deb
Size: 1660296
MD5sum: 6b5cf80793cd4e8804491ef106350eac
SHA1: 0dd9b0fb28d2bea299ff0f4615938fd06aa03dec
SHA256: ef2b0123aeb8269d19f995b42073c9ef967cf39351f767cbe75f069ce82b3e7a
SHA512: 8ca3ac8430c6db0ef63ab3b00b7401f4b93637aeead0cfe24b31af57a0b5d40a575105763488f0e75b0c947c6a74c0c7e51b09fb3d1891f4feaf0ca8157dab71
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