How To Install opendnssec-enforcer-sqlite3 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opendnssec-enforcer-sqlite3 on Kali Linux.

What is opendnssec-enforcer-sqlite3

opendnssec-enforcer-sqlite3 is:

OpenDNSSEC is a complete DNSSEC zone signing system which is very easy to use with stability and security in mind. There are a lot of details in signing zone files with DNSSEC and OpenDNSSEC covers most of it.

OpenDNSSEC Enforcer, which is a tool to make sure that there are enough keys for all of the zones, and take the policy and key information from the KASP database and turn it into an xml file that the signer can use.

The package contains OpenDNSSEC Enforcer binaries with sqlite3 backend.

There are three methods to install opendnssec-enforcer-sqlite3 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 opendnssec-enforcer-sqlite3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install opendnssec-enforcer-sqlite3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install opendnssec-enforcer-sqlite3

Install opendnssec-enforcer-sqlite3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install opendnssec-enforcer-sqlite3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install opendnssec-enforcer-sqlite3

Install opendnssec-enforcer-sqlite3 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 opendnssec-enforcer-sqlite3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install opendnssec-enforcer-sqlite3

How To Uninstall opendnssec-enforcer-sqlite3 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the opendnssec-enforcer-sqlite3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove opendnssec-enforcer-sqlite3

Uninstall opendnssec-enforcer-sqlite3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall opendnssec-enforcer-sqlite3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove opendnssec-enforcer-sqlite3

Remove opendnssec-enforcer-sqlite3 Configurations and Data

To remove opendnssec-enforcer-sqlite3 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge opendnssec-enforcer-sqlite3

Remove opendnssec-enforcer-sqlite3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove opendnssec-enforcer-sqlite3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opendnssec-enforcer-sqlite3

Dependencies

opendnssec-enforcer-sqlite3 have the following dependencies:

• libdbd-sqlite3-perl
• opendnssec-common

References

• opendnssec-enforcer-sqlite3 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install opendnssec-enforcer-sqlite3 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.