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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "dnsutils" package

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


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

Learn how to uninstall dnsutils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: dnsutils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19
Priority: standard
Section: net
Source: bind9
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: LaMont Jones
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 313
Depends: libbind9-140 (= 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19), libc6 (>= 2.4), libdns162 (= 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19), libisc160 (= 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19), libisccfg140 (= 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19), libkrb5-3 (>= 1.6.dfsg.2), liblwres141 (= 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19), bind9-host | host
Suggests: rblcheck
Conflicts: netstd (<< 2.00)
Replaces: bind, bind9 (<< 1:9.1.0-3)
Filename: pool/main/b/bind9/dnsutils_9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19_amd64.deb
Size: 88864
MD5sum: 71d4a2f593844a2f66aa8af3bfcea242
SHA1: d4668ff861d396649886844debd5c18c0d1b0e7c
SHA256: e2d66440568dcb73b41f8566a40ad84ded8c3e4c4dee9cebda28cdcda98e0aff
SHA512: 770fae427532513570fa63972504829e3f0058df9dfea59c24500d2517d02b7bdaa94a9407278634901a3cd1da7554fba79424c41c606ddf02e0713bfd9c34be
Description-en: Clients provided with BIND
The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) implements an Internet domain
name server. BIND is the most widely-used name server software on the
Internet, and is supported by the Internet Software Consortium, www.isc.org.
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This package delivers various client programs related to DNS that are
derived from the BIND source tree.
.
- dig - query the DNS in various ways
- nslookup - the older way to do it
- nsupdate - perform dynamic updates (See RFC2136)
Description-md5: 11090f3795381e992a73710a1cc4118b
Task: standard
Supported: 5y

Package: dnsutils
Priority: standard
Section: net
Installed-Size: 310
Maintainer: LaMont Jones
Architecture: amd64
Source: bind9
Version: 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8
Replaces: bind, bind9 (<< 1:9.1.0-3)
Depends: libbind9-140 (= 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8), libc6 (>= 2.4), libdns162 (= 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8), libisc160 (= 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8), libisccfg140 (= 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8), libkrb5-3 (>= 1.6.dfsg.2), liblwres141 (= 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8), bind9-host | host
Suggests: rblcheck
Conflicts: netstd (<< 2.00)
Filename: pool/main/b/bind9/dnsutils_9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8_amd64.deb
Size: 89126
MD5sum: 620fca20eaea62e34db77a9fa1aeee82
SHA1: 5932b9bc28f3a6f5fa3bc8f59dd0ccd46b3c355c
SHA256: 2b21b2b3c30828618e62036fefd93f4bcb5a236d6e79aac8de1cb5e7566497d8
Description-en: Clients provided with BIND
The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) implements an Internet domain
name server. BIND is the most widely-used name server software on the
Internet, and is supported by the Internet Software Consortium, www.isc.org.
.
This package delivers various client programs related to DNS that are
derived from the BIND source tree.
.
- dig - query the DNS in various ways
- nslookup - the older way to do it
- nsupdate - perform dynamic updates (See RFC2136)
Description-md5: 11090f3795381e992a73710a1cc4118b
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: standard