How To Install dbab on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is dbab

dbab is:

Block advertising sites at the DNS level. dbab is feather weight, both in terms of package size and CPU usage, because no pattern matching or string substitution is involved. Thus it is super efficient and extremely fast. All ads are be replaced by a 1x1 pixel gif image served locally by the tiny pixelserv server. The ad-block list can be periodically downloaded from pgl.yoyo.org, and can be tweaked locally. Speed up mobile device browsing without installing any apps to them.

There are three methods to install dbab 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 dbab Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dbab

Install dbab Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dbab

Install dbab 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 dbab using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dbab

How To Uninstall dbab on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove dbab

Uninstall dbab And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dbab

Remove dbab Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dbab

Remove dbab configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dbab

Dependencies

dbab have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• dbab website

Summary

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