How To Install dothost on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is dothost

dothost is:

Dothost is a Domain Name System (DNS) lookup network utility that produces output in Graphviz format. Supported output formats are: ascii, boxart, html, svg, dot, txt, vcg, gdl, graphml, gif, jpg, pdf, png and ps. It’s a tool that display DNS records in the terminal or export to a file.

This program can help you to create DNS lookup diagrams in some formats for large networks.

Target name or IP can be used for DNS outputs. Dothost supports IPv4 and IPv6 network protocols.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dothost

Install dothost Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dothost

Install dothost 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 dothost using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dothost

How To Uninstall dothost on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove dothost

Uninstall dothost And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dothost

Remove dothost Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dothost

Remove dothost configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dothost

Dependencies

dothost have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• dothost website

Summary

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