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Eric Johnson
Asked: 2011-02-07 16:31:25 +0800 CST

How do I install dig?

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How do I install dig (the DNS lookup tool)? I can't figure out what the package name is.

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3 Answers

  1. You can install it by opening a terminal and typing

    sudo apt-get install dnsutils

    Or via the Ubuntu Software Center by clicking bellow:

    Install via the software center

    For future reference, I found this out by doing a quick search with apt-cache:

    apt-cache search dns dig

    And then verified with aptitude.

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  2. Best Answer
    sudo apt-get install dnsutils

    To find out which package a file is in you can do

    sudo apt-cache search dig

    Sometimes that works, but in this case it was useless. You can search for which package a specific file is in using the 'Search the contents of packages' search form here:

    http://packages.ubuntu.com/

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  3. Another command:

    apt-file search /usr/bin/dig

    You should install apt-file and update it beforehand:

    sudo apt-get install apt-file
sudo apt-file update
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