How To Install rbldns on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install rbldns on Kali Linux. rbldns is real time blackhole list server

Introduction

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

What is rbldns

rbldns is:

rbldns is a special-purplose DNS server, that provides information about blacklisted IP addresses. This information is typically used by email software in effort to stop spam.

For more information about this technique, see RFC 6471.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rbldns

Install rbldns Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rbldns

Install rbldns 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 rbldns using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rbldns

How To Uninstall rbldns on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove rbldns

Uninstall rbldns And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rbldns

Remove rbldns Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rbldns

Remove rbldns configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rbldns

Dependencies

rbldns have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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