How To Install lexicon on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is lexicon

lexicon is:

Lexicon provides a way to manipulate DNS records on multiple DNS providers in a standardized way. Lexicon was designed to be used in automation, specifically letsencrypt.

This package installs the tool for Python 3.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lexicon

Install lexicon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lexicon

Install lexicon 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 lexicon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lexicon

How To Uninstall lexicon on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lexicon

Uninstall lexicon And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lexicon

Remove lexicon Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lexicon

Remove lexicon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lexicon

Dependencies

lexicon have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• lexicon website

Summary

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