How To Install dnstop on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install dnstop on Kali Linux. dnstop is console tool to analyze DNS traffic

Introduction

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

What is dnstop

dnstop is:

dnstop is a console tool to analyze and display various tables of DNS traffic. Currently dnstop displays tables of (among others):

  • Source IP addresses
  • Destination IP addresses
  • Query types
  • Top level domains
  • Second level domains

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dnstop

Install dnstop Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dnstop

Install dnstop 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 dnstop using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dnstop

How To Uninstall dnstop on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove dnstop

Uninstall dnstop And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dnstop

Remove dnstop Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dnstop

Remove dnstop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dnstop

Dependencies

dnstop have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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