How To Install ruby-net-dns on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-net-dns on Kali Linux.

What is ruby-net-dns

ruby-net-dns is:

This package contains a pure Ruby DNS library, with a clean OO interface and an extensible API.

It started as a port of Perl Net::DNS module, but it evolved in time into a full Ruby library.

This package ships fork of net-dns by gitlab.

There are three methods to install ruby-net-dns 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 ruby-net-dns Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-net-dns

Install ruby-net-dns Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-net-dns using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ruby-net-dns

Install ruby-net-dns 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 ruby-net-dns using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-net-dns

How To Uninstall ruby-net-dns on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ruby-net-dns package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-net-dns

Uninstall ruby-net-dns And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-net-dns

Remove ruby-net-dns Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-net-dns configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-net-dns

Remove ruby-net-dns configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ruby-net-dns configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-net-dns

Dependencies

ruby-net-dns have the following dependencies:

References

• ruby-net-dns website

Summary

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