How to Install and Uninstall dnsmasq-base Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "dnsmasq-base" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install dnsmasq-base on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall dnsmasq-base on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dnsmasq-base package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: dnsmasq-base
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.85-1ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: net
Source: dnsmasq
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Simon Kelley
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 820
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_2.85-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 331008
MD5sum: d96368321a422f42ede51e12a89c99db
SHA1: df364b48037186d6132b2ea793fbf277aebb3add
SHA256: 20b5c134e95199dc0ef86c87a3a991783b2c0933aa2328b1b7412a414256873e
SHA512: b5146535264b42c34e31d7f5c49c438959cdb8b02e7a82df3da5a7d5f14e583625cd6c477b21c96e1715888bb2c792ec7be0165c4a7fcab2b3dbc03aeea80351
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
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