How To Install maradns-deadwood on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install maradns-deadwood on Kali Linux.

What is maradns-deadwood

maradns-deadwood is:

This is an experimental build of the deadwood binary, that is MaraDNS' recursive domain name server. It will contain support for IPv6. However the necessary integration of init scripts and config files will not be done.

There are three methods to install maradns-deadwood 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 maradns-deadwood Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install maradns-deadwood

Install maradns-deadwood Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install maradns-deadwood

Install maradns-deadwood 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 maradns-deadwood using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install maradns-deadwood

How To Uninstall maradns-deadwood on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the maradns-deadwood package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove maradns-deadwood

Uninstall maradns-deadwood And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove maradns-deadwood

Remove maradns-deadwood Configurations and Data

To remove maradns-deadwood configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge maradns-deadwood

Remove maradns-deadwood configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge maradns-deadwood

Dependencies

maradns-deadwood have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• maradns-deadwood website

Summary

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