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I'm using Elementary OS Freya (Ubuntu 14.04).
I've install DNSMASQ and running the command and getting the error below:

$ sudo service dnsmasq start

 * Starting DNS forwarder and DHCP server dnsmasq

dnsmasq: bad command line options: try --help     [fail]

In the /var/log/syslog, I found:

Dec 22 10:34:10 Marcelo-PC dnsmasq[3176]: bad command line options: try --help

Dec 22 10:34:10 Marcelo-PC dnsmasq[3176]: FAILED to start up

Running sh -x /etc/init.d/dnsmasq I get:

marcelo@Marcelo-PC:~$ sh -x /etc/init.d/dnsmasq start

+ set +e

+ PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

+ DAEMON=/usr/sbin/dnsmasq

+ NAME=dnsmasq

+ DESC=DNS forwarder and DHCP server

+ ENABLED=1

+ [ -r /etc/default/dnsmasq ]

+ . /etc/default/dnsmasq

+ ENABLED=1

+ CONFIG_DIR=/etc/dnsmasq.d,.dpkg-dist,.dpkg-old,.dpkg-new

+ [ -r /etc/default/locale ]

+ . /etc/default/locale

+ LANG=en_US.UTF-8

+ export LANG

+ test -x /usr/sbin/dnsmasq

+ [ -f /lib/lsb/init-functions ]

+ . /lib/lsb/init-functions

+ run-parts --lsbsysinit --list /lib/lsb/init-functions.d

+ [ -r /lib/lsb/init-functions.d/01-upstart-lsb ]

+ . /lib/lsb/init-functions.d/01-upstart-lsb

+ unset UPSTART_SESSION

+ _RC_SCRIPT=/etc/init.d/dnsmasq

+ [ -r /etc/init//etc/init.d/dnsmasq.conf ]

+ _UPSTART_JOB=dnsmasq

+ [ -r /etc/init/dnsmasq.conf ]

+ [ -r /lib/lsb/init-functions.d/20-left-info-blocks ]

+ . /lib/lsb/init-functions.d/20-left-info-blocks

+ [ -r /lib/lsb/init-functions.d/50-ubuntu-logging ]

+ . /lib/lsb/init-functions.d/50-ubuntu-logging

+ LOG_DAEMON_MSG=

+ FANCYTTY=

+ [ -e /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh ]

+ true

+ [ !  ]

+ [  != yes ]

+ [ -x /sbin/resolvconf ]

+ RESOLV_CONF=/var/run/dnsmasq/resolv.conf

+ [ !  ]

+ DNSMASQ_USER=dnsmasq

+ test 1 != 0

+ log_daemon_msg Starting DNS forwarder and DHCP server dnsmasq

+ [ -z Starting DNS forwarder and DHCP server ]

+ log_use_fancy_output

+ TPUT=/usr/bin/tput

+ EXPR=/usr/bin/expr

+ [ -t 1 ]

+ [ xxterm != x ]

+ [ xxterm != xdumb ]

+ [ -x /usr/bin/tput ]

+ [ -x /usr/bin/expr ]

+ /usr/bin/tput hpa 60

+ /usr/bin/tput setaf 1

+ [ -z ]

+ FANCYTTY=1

+ true

+ /usr/bin/tput xenl

+ /usr/bin/tput cols

+ COLS=169

+ [ 169 ]

+ [ 169 -gt 6 ]

+ /usr/bin/expr 169 - 7

+ COL=162

+ log_use_plymouth

+ [ n = y ]

+ plymouth --ping

+ printf  * Starting DNS forwarder and DHCP server dnsmasq      

 * Starting DNS forwarder and DHCP server dnsmasq       + /usr/bin/expr 169 - 1

+ /usr/bin/tput hpa 168

                                                                                                                                                                        + printf  

 + start

+ [ ! -d /var/run/dnsmasq ]

+ start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /var/run/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.pid --exec /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --test

+ start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /var/run/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.pid --exec /usr/sbin/dnsmasq -- -x /var/run/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.pid -u dnsmasq -r /var/run/dnsmasq/resolv.conf -7 /etc/dnsmasq.d,.dpkg-dist,.dpkg-old,.dpkg-new



dnsmasq: opções inválidas de linha de comando: tente --help

+ return 2

+ log_end_msg 1

+ [ -z 1 ]

+ [ 162 ]

+ [ -x /usr/bin/tput ]

+ log_use_plymouth

+ [ n = y ]

+ plymouth --ping

+ printf r

+ /usr/bin/tput hpa 162

                                                                                                                                                                  + [ 1 -eq 0 ]

+ printf [

[+ /usr/bin/tput setaf 1

+ printf fail

fail+ /usr/bin/tput op

+ echo ]

]

+ return 1

+ exit 1

And I can't put the DNSMASQ to work. The only uncommented line in my dnsmasq.conf is (you can see the entire file here):

address=/nintendowifi.net/192.168.0.8

How can I see what the problem is?

The error is a problem with the package dns-root-data. DNSmasq shouldn't require it, but it is requiring it. Follow these steps:

sudo apt-get purge dnsmasq

sudo apt-get autoremove

sudo apt-get install dnsmasq

Don't forget to re-insert your configuration (if any) into /etc/dnsmasq.conf

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If that didn't work, try this (works at least on Debian 9 and Raspian)

sudo nano /etc/init.d/dnsmasq

Where it reads

if [ -f $ROOT_DS ]; then

Comment out the next line (add # to the beginning of the line) and put this one below it

`DNSMASQ_OPTS="$DNSMASQ_OPTS `mawk -- '{ printf " --trust-anchor=.,%d,%d,%d,%s", $5, $6, $7, $8 }' $ROOT_DS`"`

The structure of /usr/share/dns/root.ds was changed. The fields used to be separated only by spaces, now they are separated by tabs (t)

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