How to Install and Uninstall mdns-scan Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "mdns-scan" package

Please follow the steps below to install mdns-scan on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                mdns-scan
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "mdns-scan" package

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


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

Package: mdns-scan
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 68
Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers
Original-Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.5-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mdns-scan/mdns-scan_0.5-1_amd64.deb
Size: 11682
MD5sum: 51d7cfa2663489b11b0895d8b1faf2bf
SHA1: de15840775994d6afb7428c11420cbcac5a39fb9
SHA256: ba90dab6adb22a109dde59949cf74bc52a1030c5f68cf736210302cefadfcbd5
Description-en: Scan for mDNS/DNS-SD services published on the local network
mdns-scan is a tool for scanning for mDNS/DNS-SD services published
on the local network.
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It works by issuing a mDNS PTR query to the special RR
_services._dns-sd._udp.local for retrieving a list of all currently
registered services on the local link.
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mDNS/DNS-SD is part of Apple's Zeroconf strategy (a.k.a. Bonjour).
The avahi-daemon package is an implementation of mDNS/DNS-SD.
Description-md5: 724eeaa2ae2b9134573a86be37ee5532
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu