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

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "rdnssd" package

This tutorial shows how to install rdnssd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: rdnssd
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 77
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Rémi Denis-Courmont
Architecture: amd64
Source: ndisc6
Version: 1.0.1-1ubuntu2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Pre-Depends: adduser
Recommends: resolvconf
Suggests: ndisc6
Filename: pool/universe/n/ndisc6/rdnssd_1.0.1-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 17814
MD5sum: 956357008c5e8cdde974420c8834a623
SHA1: d2ef67f86778feac5626f908f957e8565defdc68
SHA256: 89681d0fc679baeb4e589925de9789fcd24bd0bb05bf1b7f22f62825c1816acf
Description-en: IPv6 recursive DNS server discovery daemon
rdnssd autoconfigures recursive DNS servers on IPv6 networks
using ICMPv6 Neighbor Discovery (RFC 5006), and can update the
DNS resolvers configuration (/etc/resolv.conf) accordingly.
Description-md5: 7f6af1fa6e3e8a6e206f1e1d3aa62701
Homepage: http://www.remlab.net/ndisc6/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu