How To Install gdnsd on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gdnsd

gdnsd is:

gdnsd is an Authoritative-only DNS server. The initial g stands for Geographic, as gdnsd offers a plugin system for geographic (or other sorts of) balancing, redirection, and service-state-conscious failover.

gdnsd has a strong focus on high performance, low latency service. It does not offer any form of caching or recursive service, and does not support DNSSEC.

This package provides the core gdnsd daemon and basic plugins.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gdnsd

Install gdnsd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gdnsd

Install gdnsd 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 gdnsd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gdnsd

How To Uninstall gdnsd on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gdnsd

Uninstall gdnsd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gdnsd

Remove gdnsd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gdnsd

Remove gdnsd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gdnsd

Dependencies

gdnsd have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libev4

References

• gdnsd website

Summary

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