How To Install dnswalk on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is dnswalk

dnswalk is:

dnswalk is a DNS debugger. It performs zone transfers of specified domains, and checks the database in numerous ways for internal consistency, as well as accuracy.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dnswalk

Install dnswalk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dnswalk

Install dnswalk 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 dnswalk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dnswalk

How To Uninstall dnswalk on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove dnswalk

Uninstall dnswalk And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dnswalk

Remove dnswalk Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dnswalk

Remove dnswalk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dnswalk

Dependencies

dnswalk have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• dnswalk website

Summary

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