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

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "dnstop" package

Please follow the instructions below to install dnstop on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall dnstop on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: dnstop
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 59
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Marc Haber
Architecture: amd64
Version: 20120611-2build1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libncurses5 (>= 6), libpcap0.8 (>= 0.9.8), libtinfo5 (>= 6)
Filename: pool/universe/d/dnstop/dnstop_20120611-2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 21718
MD5sum: 273f7ea3c12c98410d7d6c430b4634d1
SHA1: 56078cb725597b7411eda59dfe179fec7be9aa8d
SHA256: dc83ab88e3c5957d4ee68372482e551b09cce9f40d097393ab465ca115dac060
Description-en: console tool to analyze DNS traffic
dnstop is a console tool to analyze and display various tables of DNS traffic.
Currently dnstop displays tables of (among others):
* Source IP addresses
* Destination IP addresses
* Query types
* Top level domains
* Second level domains
Description-md5: 3bb1fa97f4ba66ddeedd9c17115d475d
Homepage: http://dns.measurement-factory.com/tools/dnstop/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu