How To Install bind9-dnsutils on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install bind9-dnsutils on Kali Linux. bind9-dnsutils is Clients provided with BIND 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bind9-dnsutils on Kali Linux.

What is bind9-dnsutils

bind9-dnsutils is:

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 delivers various client programs related to DNS that are derived from the BIND 9 source tree.

  • dig - query the DNS in various ways
  • nslookup - the older way to do it
  • nsupdate - perform dynamic updates (See RFC2136)

There are three methods to install bind9-dnsutils 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-dnsutils 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-dnsutils using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bind9-dnsutils

Install bind9-dnsutils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install bind9-dnsutils using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install bind9-dnsutils

Install bind9-dnsutils 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 bind9-dnsutils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bind9-dnsutils

How To Uninstall bind9-dnsutils on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the bind9-dnsutils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bind9-dnsutils

Uninstall bind9-dnsutils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bind9-dnsutils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bind9-dnsutils

Remove bind9-dnsutils Configurations and Data

To remove bind9-dnsutils configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bind9-dnsutils

Remove bind9-dnsutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove bind9-dnsutils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bind9-dnsutils

Dependencies

bind9-dnsutils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bind9-dnsutils package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.