Install avahi-utils on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install avahi-utils

Learn how to install avahi-utils with the command sudo apt-get install avahi-utils on Ubuntus.


 

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Quick installation of avahi-utils:

Step 1: Update system:

	sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Install: avahi-utils

Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:

	sudo apt-get install avahi-utils

Package Details

Package:avahi-utils
Version:0.6.30-5ubuntu2.2
Maintainer:Ubuntu Developers
Home page:http://avahi.org/
Description:Avahi browsing, publishing and discovery utilities Avahi is a fully LGPL framework for Multicast DNS Service Discovery. It allows programs to publish and discover services and hosts running on a local network with no specific configuration. For example you can plug into a network and instantly find printers to print to, files to look at and people to talk to. . This package contains several utilities that allow you to interact with the Avahi daemon, including publish, browsing and discovering services. Homepage: http://avahi.org/
Distro:Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release:
Repo/Section:net

How to install avahi-utils on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?

Install avahi-utils on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install avahi-utils

First of all update your system with the command:

sudo apt-get update

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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.

After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.

If avahi-utils is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L avahi-utils' will give followin error.


Installing avahi-utils:

After system update use the following command to install avahi-utils:

sudo apt-get install avahi-utils

Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.

How to uninstall/remove avahi-utils from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?

Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the avahi-utils from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.

To remove the avahi-utils following command is used:

sudo apt-get remove  avahi-utils

Following command is used to remove the avahi-utils package along with its dependencies:

sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove avahi-utils

This will remove avahi-utils and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.

Completely removing avahi-utils with all configuration files:

Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:

sudo apt-get purge avahi-utils

or you can use following command also:

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove avahi-utils

Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with avahi-utils package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.