How to Install and Uninstall dnssec-tools Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "dnssec-tools" package

This tutorial shows how to install dnssec-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                dnssec-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "dnssec-tools" package

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


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

Package: dnssec-tools
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 2522
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian DNS Packaging
Architecture: all
Version: 2.2-2
Depends: perl, libnet-dns-sec-perl, libnet-dns-perl, libnet-dns-zonefile-fast-perl, libtimedate-perl, libmailtools-perl, bind9utils (>= 9.7)
Recommends: bind9, perl-tk
Filename: pool/universe/d/dnssec-tools/dnssec-tools_2.2-2_all.deb
Size: 655612
MD5sum: a35d3d9261176897afe4aac8cf692e48
SHA1: 54d7f93d97ee571d8b37054d0bacddd1caa7cd0d
SHA256: 5aba52bbd07f439d5becd8822ccb963b0bef1bb07e9d331850c2ee6038fc6bd9
Description-en: DNSSEC tools, applications and wrappers
The goal of the DNSSEC-Tools project is to create a set of tools,
patches, applications, wrappers, extensions, and plugins that will
help ease the deployment of DNSSEC-related technologies.
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This package contains tools to maintain DNSSEC enabled zone files,
i.e. generate DNSSEC keys, sign zone files and publish them to DNS.
Description-md5: 157d825a0a76cc2639a4684cf603ad31
Homepage: http://www.dnssec-tools.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu