How To Install drool on Debian 12

Learn how to install drool on Debian 12 with this tutorial. drool is DNS Replay Tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install drool on Debian 12.

What is drool

drool is:

drool can replay DNS traffic from packet capture (PCAP) files and send it to a specified server, with options such as to manipulate the timing between packets, as well as loop packets infinitely or for a set number of iterations. This tool’s goal is to be able to produce a high amount of UDP packets per second and TCP sessions per second on common hardware.

There are three methods to install drool on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install drool Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install drool

Install drool Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install drool

Install drool Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install drool

How To Uninstall drool on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove drool

Uninstall drool And Its Dependencies

To uninstall drool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove drool

Remove drool Configurations and Data

To remove drool configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge drool

Remove drool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge drool

Dependencies

drool have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install drool package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.