How To Install ldap2zone on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ldap2zone on Kali Linux. ldap2zone is Extract DNS zones from LDAP trees

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ldap2zone on Kali Linux.

What is ldap2zone

ldap2zone is:

This is a tool that reads info for a zone from LDAP and constructs a standard plain ascii zone file. The LDAP information has to be stored using the dnszone schema.

There are three methods to install ldap2zone 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 ldap2zone Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ldap2zone using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ldap2zone

Install ldap2zone Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ldap2zone using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ldap2zone

Install ldap2zone 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 ldap2zone using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ldap2zone

How To Uninstall ldap2zone on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ldap2zone package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ldap2zone

Uninstall ldap2zone And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ldap2zone and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ldap2zone

Remove ldap2zone Configurations and Data

To remove ldap2zone configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ldap2zone

Remove ldap2zone configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ldap2zone configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ldap2zone

Dependencies

ldap2zone have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ldap2zone package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.