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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "gdnsd" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install gdnsd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall gdnsd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: gdnsd
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 838
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Faidon Liambotis
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.2.0-1ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libev4 (>= 1:4.04), libmaxminddb0 (>= 1.0.2), libunwind8, liburcu4 (>= 0.9.1), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), adduser
Suggests: geoip-database
Filename: pool/universe/g/gdnsd/gdnsd_2.2.0-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 292908
MD5sum: de0c79ac49603295069975e7e90c345e
SHA1: b8275febb740ae639f21cc186e519ad08925f152
SHA256: 2457a4c7d32f1f16f4761dfc4ce43590300fe5137aaf4d67df5f94b1033334a4
Description-en: authoritative domain name server
gdnsd is an Authoritative-only DNS server. The initial g stands for
Geographic, as gdnsd offers a plugin system for geographic (or other sorts of)
balancing, redirection, and service-state-conscious failover.
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gdnsd has a strong focus on high performance, low latency service. It does
not offer any form of caching or recursive service, and does not support
DNSSEC.
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This package provides the core gdnsd daemon and basic plugins.
Description-md5: 8e5795b188d6058bec0d54ee9a9d2961
Homepage: http://gdnsd.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu