How To Install altdns on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install altdns on Kali Linux. altdns is Subdomain discovery through alterations and permutations

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install altdns on Kali Linux.

What is altdns

altdns is:

This package contains a DNS recon tool that allows for the discovery of subdomains that conform to patterns. Altdns takes in words that could be present in subdomains under a domain (such as test, dev, staging) as well as takes in a list of subdomains that you know of.

From these two lists that are provided as input to altdns, the tool then generates a massive output of “altered” or “mutated” potential subdomains that could be present. It saves this output so that it can then be used by your favourite DNS bruteforcing tool.

There are three methods to install altdns on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install altdns Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install altdns using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install altdns

Install altdns Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install altdns using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install altdns

Install altdns Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install altdns using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install altdns

How To Uninstall altdns on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove altdns

Uninstall altdns And Its Dependencies

To uninstall altdns and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove altdns

Remove altdns Configurations and Data

To remove altdns configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge altdns

Remove altdns configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove altdns configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge altdns

Dependencies

altdns have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install altdns package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.