How to Install and Uninstall dnsdist Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: January 11,2025

You can also install and uninstall the dnsdist on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "dnsdist" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install dnsdist on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall dnsdist on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: dnsdist
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6.1-1build1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: dnsdist packagers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 7717
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: adduser, libc6 (>= 2.34), 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), libre2-9 (>= 20131024+dfsg), libsnmp40 (>= 5.9+dfsg), libsodium23 (>= 1.0.12), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0~~alpha1), libstdc++6 (>= 11), libsystemd0
Filename: pool/universe/d/dnsdist/dnsdist_1.6.1-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 2069896
MD5sum: da9f40046cbb18960621d87e1f5a16d0
SHA1: 77d118d33401c002c1f6c317d09d34b55638e3ed
SHA256: 52b643601372d12eb48f06cb1da13f69df7c9c6cc12b3916e59df57696123d9a
SHA512: 5acc360b3727a97c32545cd06f0999846202dda909a49c474eefdc3d7e92121f84c647cb678fad8bab60db841293e9c90d00b4f2e4cf1243de1616a38887bcf2
Homepage: https://dnsdist.org
Description: DNS loadbalancer
Description-md5: a513b049e15ad7501b5fce6d42694c08