How To Install dnsvi on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is dnsvi

dnsvi is:

dnsvi is a frontend for nsupdate. Given a DNS zone name, it uses dig -t AXFR to get all the records in a zone. It then spawns your favorite editor, and upon completion, builds a list of “update add” and “update delete” statements to feed to nsupdate

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dnsvi

Install dnsvi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dnsvi

Install dnsvi 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 dnsvi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dnsvi

How To Uninstall dnsvi on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove dnsvi

Uninstall dnsvi And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dnsvi

Remove dnsvi Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dnsvi

Remove dnsvi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dnsvi

Dependencies

dnsvi have the following dependencies:

• dnsutils
• vim
• libsort-naturally-perl
• sensible-utils

References

• dnsvi website

Summary

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