How to Install and Uninstall djbdns Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: March 14,2025

1. Install "djbdns" package

Learn how to install djbdns on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall djbdns on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                djbdns
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the djbdns package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: djbdns
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 1024
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Gerrit Pape
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:1.05-8ubuntu1
Replaces: djbdns-doc
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Recommends: daemontools, ucspi-tcp, daemontools-run | runit, make
Suggests: dnscache-run
Filename: pool/universe/d/djbdns/djbdns_1.05-8ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 313138
MD5sum: be3daccfc50b7621b86ba6b92776371c
SHA1: 19db3fb9703f84f8d0bcf76b90baed4774b04f31
SHA256: 8253ec96fb4e23dbfb9acecad33ea1d1607e91febab2152e536e0d5afd9300d8
Description-en: a collection of Domain Name System tools
This package includes software for all the fundamental DNS operations:
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DNS cache: finding addresses of Internet hosts. When a browser wants to
contact www.hotwired.com, it first asks a DNS cache, such as djbdns's
dnscache, to find the IP address of www.hotwired.com. Internet service
providers run dnscache to find IP addresses requested by their customers.
If you're running a home computer or a workstation, you can run your own
dnscache to speed up your web browsing.
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DNS server: publishing addresses of Internet hosts. The IP address of
www.hotwired.com is published by HotWired's DNS servers. djbdns includes
a general-purpose DNS server, tinydns; network administrators run tinydns
to publish the IP addresses of their computers. djbdns also includes
special-purpose servers for publishing DNS walls and RBLs.
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DNS client: talking to a DNS cache. djbdns includes a DNS client C
library and several command-line DNS client utilities. Programmers use
these tools to send requests to DNS caches.
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djbdns also includes several DNS debugging tools, notably dnstrace, which
administrators use to diagnose misconfigured remote servers.
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See http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html
Description-md5: 9e91d7c5d26966cf5361c52def1679db
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu