how to remove bind?

[Ioannis Vranos]

On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Ioannis Vranos <ioannis.vranos at gmail.com> wrote:
> Check whether one of these solutions suits you:
>
>
> 1. I am using Ubuntu 10.10 and it comes with Bind 9.7.1. I think
> Ubuntu 11.04 comes with Bind 9.7.3.
>
> 2. I think there is a way to force install and uninstall a package,
> ignoring dependencies, either with apt, or with aptitude. You may
> check the info files, the web, or someone else that knows the
> parameters may tell us.


Other Linux distributions I would consider:


For mission-critical systems Scientific Linux 6.

More info: Red Hat produces Red Hat Enterprise Linux (currently
version 6) for enterprise use with stability and reliability as the
primary objective (they test it rigorously).

CERN and Fermi Labs were producing their 2 independent Linux
distributions till sometime ago, and passed them from rigorous
testing, so as to be sure they were mission critical (e.g. an email on
an email server saying "we need to fix this bolt in the accelerator
before we use it" can't be lost).


When Red Hat released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and its source code,
both CERN and Fermi Labs first joined to produce a *common*
mission-critical Linux-distro, instead of their 2 separate ones.

Then they took and recompiled the source code of Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5, in addition they checked it with their own rigorous tests,
and used it and made it available as Scientific Linux 5, with the
"Scientific" word used because they are science facilities, and NOT
because it is mainly for scientists.


The same happens today with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Scientific Linux 6.

In addition SL 6 provides more conveniences that Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 6, like third-party repositories made available by installing
the corresponding repository-activation package.


So if stability and reliability is a primary concern, I would pick
either some Ubuntu LTS release, or SL 6.


Another distribution based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, is CentOS
which is community-based, however I consider it less reliable than SL
6, because AFAIK they do not perform their own rigorous tests, but
they trust the tests of Red Hat, and just recompile the code. Which
should work too, however I like the fact that more tests are performed
on SL, and that it provides more conveniences.


For home users, Red Hat provides the free Fedora.


Also all Red Hat and Red Hat-based distros come with rpm, which allows
you to force install/uninstall a package ignoring its dependencies,
with the parameter -nodeps. For example to force uninstall something
without affecting its dependencies, you will write:

rpm -e -nodeps packageName



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