How To Install avahi-utils on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install avahi-utils on Kali Linux.
What is avahi-utils
avahi-utils is:
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.
There are three methods to install avahi-utils 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 avahi-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install avahi-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install avahi-utilsInstall avahi-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install avahi-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install avahi-utilsInstall avahi-utils 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install avahi-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install avahi-utilsHow To Uninstall avahi-utils on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the avahi-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove avahi-utilsUninstall avahi-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall avahi-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove avahi-utilsRemove avahi-utils Configurations and Data
To remove avahi-utils configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge avahi-utilsRemove avahi-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove avahi-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge avahi-utilsDependencies
avahi-utils have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install avahi-utils package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.