How to Install and Uninstall dnsmasq-base Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "dnsmasq-base" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install dnsmasq-base on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "dnsmasq-base" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall dnsmasq-base on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dnsmasq-base package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: dnsmasq-base
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.84-1ubuntu2.1
Priority: optional
Section: net
Source: dnsmasq
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Simon Kelley
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 816
Provides: dnsmasq-base
Depends: adduser, libc6 (>= 2.33), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libgmp10, libhogweed6 (>= 2.4-3), libidn2-0 (>= 2.0.0), libnetfilter-conntrack3 (>= 1.0.1), libnettle8 (>= 2.4-3)
Recommends: dns-root-data
Conflicts: dnsmasq-base-lua
Breaks: dnsmasq (<< 2.63-1~)
Replaces: dnsmasq (<< 2.63-1~), dnsmasq-base
Filename: pool/main/d/dnsmasq/dnsmasq-base_2.84-1ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb
Size: 330216
MD5sum: 24b092796ea2cb67baadb8607a0eed60
SHA1: b39fcacabaf7e589ab0f123a5c643d14bc1a2865
SHA256: 40f0e1705a384fc4375efe389024a4d29e67f984dd38d5efc8cb86c153e5ba73
SHA512: c14db8298c7a37aa1d8c5956aa6691d8dc591fc4271f2c6e5d70a0e4dcd84eb472bd972c2cb4061c2c47ca16d729690b4c65358d4531bfa8eca1efb28f4ab294
Homepage: http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html
Description-en: Small caching DNS proxy and DHCP/TFTP server
This package contains the dnsmasq executable and documentation, but
not the infrastructure required to run it as a system daemon. For
that, install the dnsmasq package.
Description-md5: 1f9c3f0c557ca377bcc6c659e4694437
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi

Package: dnsmasq-base
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.84-1ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: net
Source: dnsmasq
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Simon Kelley
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 812
Provides: dnsmasq-base
Depends: adduser, libc6 (>= 2.33), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libgmp10, libhogweed6 (>= 2.4-3), libidn2-0 (>= 2.0.0), libnetfilter-conntrack3 (>= 1.0.1), libnettle8 (>= 2.4-3)
Recommends: dns-root-data
Conflicts: dnsmasq-base-lua
Breaks: dnsmasq (<< 2.63-1~)
Replaces: dnsmasq (<< 2.63-1~), dnsmasq-base
Filename: pool/main/d/dnsmasq/dnsmasq-base_2.84-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 325308
MD5sum: be7093c98fa00a48a99f5a442bab98d4
SHA1: 093663e3c2f8bb436d0ecb188ed7ad2c94293524
SHA256: e0324859cb1f1122d3bd7c1702ea7374c6b72a55b7f8aef56393e2fce8a9e552
SHA512: 4646444d6fa480120412a2f591cca43695f18bcea6eed633364e6be1d0267ecdc5342477e61fac0a8d4a89cfd3509ff8f18f86a7b50a2d67ef06c7d2346007ae
Homepage: http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html
Description-en: Small caching DNS proxy and DHCP/TFTP server
This package contains the dnsmasq executable and documentation, but
not the infrastructure required to run it as a system daemon. For
that, install the dnsmasq package.
Description-md5: 1f9c3f0c557ca377bcc6c659e4694437
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi