How To Install dnsgen on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is dnsgen

dnsgen is:

This package provides a generator of a combination of domain names from the provided input. Combinations are created based on wordlist. Custom words are extracted per execution.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dnsgen

Install dnsgen Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dnsgen

Install dnsgen 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 dnsgen using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dnsgen

How To Uninstall dnsgen on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove dnsgen

Uninstall dnsgen And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dnsgen

Remove dnsgen Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dnsgen

Remove dnsgen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dnsgen

Dependencies

dnsgen have the following dependencies:

• python3-click
• python3-tldextract
• python3

References

• dnsgen website

Summary

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