How to Install and Uninstall dnsmasq-utils Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "dnsmasq-utils" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install dnsmasq-utils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall dnsmasq-utils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dnsmasq-utils package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: dnsmasq-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.10
Priority: optional
Section: net
Source: dnsmasq
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Simon Kelley
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 46
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Conflicts: dnsmasq (<< 2.40)
Filename: pool/main/d/dnsmasq/dnsmasq-utils_2.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.10_amd64.deb
Size: 9104
MD5sum: 4a1f8054e6209f8f36b7dea6c3536310
SHA1: caa7709b7101c6e6ffa0e33053cded5df5a3cc5c
SHA256: 082aac82ac2c93ebee4b3ee8e5f0cdb2128cc6ccd83acbadd4816c7679ca6c76
SHA512: ccce6acb3c577464293fc9051a8e44bc09c4062af627475a0f7577ce2f30528bbec66fac92959dbfb5bd96fb5f500b8b2e6f65e9a279d12b98b790400d82420b
Description-en: Utilities for manipulating DHCP leases
Small utilities to query a DHCP server's lease database and
remove leases from it. These programs are distributed with dnsmasq
and may not work correctly with other DHCP servers.
Description-md5: c01626c0b1b5fea18d3a8d04fbe44ea7
Supported: 5y

Package: dnsmasq-utils
Priority: optional
Section: net
Installed-Size: 45
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Simon Kelley
Architecture: amd64
Source: dnsmasq
Version: 2.75-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Conflicts: dnsmasq (<< 2.40)
Filename: pool/main/d/dnsmasq/dnsmasq-utils_2.75-1_amd64.deb
Size: 8844
MD5sum: e795ecc04133f55080aaa0f4a060398d
SHA1: 67cd6c88dfcd2228be450d83ef3345c173a00cce
SHA256: c59062274dee4d25bac04ff0ce0fbd13721058ca843b05804751c5cda29bd289
Description-en: Utilities for manipulating DHCP leases
Small utilities to query a DHCP server's lease database and
remove leases from it. These programs are distributed with dnsmasq
and may not work correctly with other DHCP servers.
Description-md5: c01626c0b1b5fea18d3a8d04fbe44ea7
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y