How To Install bind9-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bind9-dev on Kali Linux.
What is bind9-dev
The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND 9) implements an Internet domain name server. BIND 9 is the most widely-used name server software on the Internet, and is supported by the Internet Software Consortium, www.isc.org.
This package contains a bundle of static libraries and header files used by BIND 9.
Please be aware that the BIND 9 libraries are considered private by upstream developers and the API and ABI might break at any time.
There are three ways to install bind9-dev 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 bind9-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bind9-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bind9-dev
Install bind9-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bind9-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bind9-dev
Install bind9-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude 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 bind9-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bind9-dev
How To Uninstall bind9-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the bind9-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bind9-dev
Uninstall bind9-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bind9-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bind9-dev
Remove bind9-dev Configurations and Data
To remove bind9-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bind9-dev
Remove bind9-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bind9-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bind9-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bind9-dev using different package management tools like apt, apt-get and aptitude.