How to Install and Uninstall dnsmasq-base Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

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 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall dnsmasq-base on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dnsmasq-base package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: dnsmasq-base
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.89-1
Priority: optional
Section: net
Source: dnsmasq
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Simon Kelley
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 876
Provides: dnsmasq-base
Depends: adduser, libc6 (>= 2.34), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libgmp10 (>= 2:6.2.1+dfsg1), libhogweed6 (>= 2.4-3), libidn2-0 (>= 2.0.0), libnetfilter-conntrack3 (>= 1.0.1), libnettle8 (>= 2.4-3), libnftables1 (>= 1.0.2)
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_2.89-1_amd64.deb
Size: 366782
MD5sum: ab8f03966d5079b1db28ea2698e6b7c6
SHA1: caa7bef7b00681514c978b1234650c58a01adf05
SHA256: 5b75d52476d6f9bb9f7103c42f0bc47b32c1755be9288eab64e8ea65fdaa8a24
SHA512: 47eaa4994513785c42f0a8a16ef9e319e5e116cb71adc71dfa32e62ffec9cbbefd83d8e0bbd90e22a56a14b42ed1f24fe7407b6f3051064f504924bc72dac3e9
Homepage: http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html
Description: Small caching DNS proxy and DHCP/TFTP server
Description-md5: 1f9c3f0c557ca377bcc6c659e4694437
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-minimal, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi, ubuntu-unity-desktop, edubuntu-desktop-gnome, ubuntucinnamon-desktop, ubuntucinnamon-desktop-raspi