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

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "dnsdist" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install dnsdist on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall dnsdist on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: dnsdist
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 2021
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian PowerDNS Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0.0~alpha2-1
Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), libc6 (>= 2.17), libedit2 (>= 2.11-20080614), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), liblua5.2-0, libsodium18 (>= 0.6.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Filename: pool/universe/d/dnsdist/dnsdist_1.0.0~alpha2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 598082
MD5sum: 7b68c6394fa9a72a626c77ec21d40753
SHA1: a607e1361013a7bea62dc9c36e3e16110e464b3f
SHA256: 27e9e06428be463009caa8873e72e30d154cf658e568babdad47a24cf5cc3523
Description-en: DNS loadbalancer
Highly DoS- and abuse-aware load balancing tool for DNS traffic,
with Lua scripting and configuration capability.
Can be configured to use various sets of rules to classify, route
and reject traffic.
Description-md5: a513b049e15ad7501b5fce6d42694c08
Homepage: http://dnsdist.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu