How To Install python3-dnslib on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dnslib on Kali Linux. python3-dnslib is Module to encode/decode DNS wire-format packets (Python 3)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dnslib on Kali Linux.

What is python3-dnslib

python3-dnslib is:

This DNS encode/decode Python 3 module provides:

  • Support for encoding/decoding DNS packets between wire format, Python objects, and Zone/DiG textual representation (dnslib.dns)
  • A server framework allowing the simple creation of custom DNS resolvers (dnslib.server) and a number of example servers created using this framework
  • A number of utilities for testing (dnslib.client, dnslib.proxy, dnslib.intercept)

This is the Python 3 version of the package.

There are three methods to install python3-dnslib 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 python3-dnslib Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-dnslib using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-dnslib

Install python3-dnslib Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-dnslib using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-dnslib

Install python3-dnslib 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 python3-dnslib using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-dnslib

How To Uninstall python3-dnslib on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the python3-dnslib package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-dnslib

Uninstall python3-dnslib And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-dnslib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-dnslib

Remove python3-dnslib Configurations and Data

To remove python3-dnslib configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-dnslib

Remove python3-dnslib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-dnslib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-dnslib

Dependencies

python3-dnslib have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dnslib package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.