How To Install bind9-dnsutils on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bind9-dnsutils on Kali Linux.
What is bind9-dnsutils
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 ways 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 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bind9-dnsutils using different package management tools like apt, apt-get and aptitude.