How To Install dnstwist on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install dnstwist in Fedora 36. dnstwist is Domain name permutation engine

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dnstwist on Fedora 36.

What is dnstwist

See what sort of trouble users can get in trying to type your domain name. Find similar-looking domains that adversaries can use to attack you. Detect typosquatters, phishing attacks, fraud and corporate espionage. Useful as an additional source of targeted threat intelligence.

We can use yum or dnf to install dnstwist on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dnstwist.

Install dnstwist on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install dnstwist using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dnstwist

Install dnstwist on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install dnstwist using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dnstwist

How To Uninstall dnstwist on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the dnstwist package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dnstwist

dnstwist Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/dnstwist
/usr/share/dnstwist
/usr/share/dnstwist/dictionaries
/usr/share/dnstwist/dictionaries/abused_tlds.dict
/usr/share/dnstwist/dictionaries/common_tlds.dict
/usr/share/dnstwist/dictionaries/english.dict
/usr/share/dnstwist/dictionaries/french.dict
/usr/share/dnstwist/dictionaries/polish.dict
/usr/share/doc/dnstwist
/usr/share/doc/dnstwist/README.md
/usr/share/doc/dnstwist/THANKS.md
/usr/share/licenses/dnstwist
/usr/share/licenses/dnstwist/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/dnstwist.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dnstwist on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).