How To Install ez-ipupdate on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ez-ipupdate on Kali Linux. ez-ipupdate is client for most dynamic DNS services

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ez-ipupdate on Kali Linux.

What is ez-ipupdate

ez-ipupdate is:

ez-ipupdate is a quite complete client for the dynamic DNS service offered by http://www.ez-ip.net/ and many more.

Currently supported are: ez-ip (http://www.EZ-IP.Net/), Penguinpowered (http://www.penguinpowered.com/), DHS (http://members.dhs.org/), dynDNS (http://members.dyndns.org/), ODS (http://www.ods.org/), TZO (http://www.tzo.com/), EasyDNS (http://members.easydns.com/), Justlinux (http://www.justlinux.com), Dyns (http://www.dyns.cx), HN (http://dup.hn.org/), ZoneEdit (http://www.zoneedit.com/) and Hurricane Electric’s IPv6 Tunnel Broker (http://ipv6tb.he.net/).

All services using GNUDip are also supported.

There are three methods to install ez-ipupdate 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 ez-ipupdate Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ez-ipupdate

Install ez-ipupdate Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ez-ipupdate

Install ez-ipupdate 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 ez-ipupdate using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ez-ipupdate

How To Uninstall ez-ipupdate on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ez-ipupdate package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ez-ipupdate

Uninstall ez-ipupdate And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ez-ipupdate

Remove ez-ipupdate Configurations and Data

To remove ez-ipupdate configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ez-ipupdate

Remove ez-ipupdate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ez-ipupdate

Dependencies

ez-ipupdate have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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