How To Install hostsed on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is hostsed

hostsed is:

Tool for editing hosts file(default /etc/hosts), you can add or delete a DNS entry via command line shell. Hotsed provides an idemponent command line experience with its ‘add’ and ‘delete’ commands avoiding duplicated or missing entries in the hosts file.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install hostsed

Install hostsed Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install hostsed

Install hostsed 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 hostsed using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hostsed

How To Uninstall hostsed on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove hostsed

Uninstall hostsed And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hostsed

Remove hostsed Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge hostsed

Remove hostsed configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hostsed

Dependencies

hostsed have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• hostsed website

Summary

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