How To Install libdns-zoneparse-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdns-zoneparse-perl on Kali Linux.

What is libdns-zoneparse-perl

libdns-zoneparse-perl is:

DNS::ZoneParse will parse a Zone File and put all the Resource Records (RRs) into an anonymous hash structure. At the moment, the following types of RRs are supported: SOA, NS, MX, A, CNAME, TXT, PTR. It could be useful for maintaining DNS zones, or for transferring DNS zones to other servers. If you want to generate an XML-friendly version of your zone files, it is easy to use XML::Simple with this module once you have parsed the zonefile.

DNS::ZoneParse scans the DNS zonefile - removes comments and seperates the file into its constituent records. It then parses each record and stores the records internally.

There are three methods to install libdns-zoneparse-perl 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 libdns-zoneparse-perl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libdns-zoneparse-perl

Install libdns-zoneparse-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdns-zoneparse-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdns-zoneparse-perl

Install libdns-zoneparse-perl 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 libdns-zoneparse-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdns-zoneparse-perl

How To Uninstall libdns-zoneparse-perl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libdns-zoneparse-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdns-zoneparse-perl

Uninstall libdns-zoneparse-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdns-zoneparse-perl

Remove libdns-zoneparse-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libdns-zoneparse-perl configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdns-zoneparse-perl

Remove libdns-zoneparse-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libdns-zoneparse-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdns-zoneparse-perl

Dependencies

libdns-zoneparse-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• libdns-zoneparse-perl website

Summary

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