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

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "dnstracer" package

This guide let you learn how to install dnstracer on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: dnstracer
Priority: optional
Section: net
Installed-Size: 81
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jari Aalto
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.9-4
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15)
Filename: pool/main/d/dnstracer/dnstracer_1.9-4_amd64.deb
Size: 22800
MD5sum: 0bc0e83bbd6d555cd91f6a00e66c79bf
SHA1: b12faeb497ce6f7a8394a2531672620474108f0f
SHA256: 56b18851a952d117e0c9f74571e79cde2e8fec2908b3cbd84d8cf698845ecff7
Description-en: trace DNS queries to the source
dnstracer determines where a given Domain Name Server (DNS) gets its
information from for a given hostname, and follows the chain of DNS
servers back to the authoritative answer.
Description-md5: 3508085f63f3549f0524dbe74f98a0bd
Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/projects/dnstracer
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y