How To Install dnstracer on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is dnstracer

dnstracer is:

dnstracer determines where a given Domain Name Server (DNS) gets its information from for a given hostname, and follows the chain of DNS servers back to the authoritative answer.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dnstracer

Install dnstracer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dnstracer

Install dnstracer 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 dnstracer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dnstracer

How To Uninstall dnstracer on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove dnstracer

Uninstall dnstracer And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dnstracer

Remove dnstracer Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dnstracer

Remove dnstracer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dnstracer

Dependencies

dnstracer have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• dnstracer website

Summary

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