How To Install smartdns on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is smartdns

smartdns is:

SmartDNS is a local DNS server. SmartDNS accepts DNS query requests from local clients, obtains DNS query results from multiple upstream DNS servers, and returns the fastest access results to clients. Avoiding DNS pollution and improving network access speed, supports high-performance ad filtering. Unlike dnsmasq’s all-servers, smartdns returns the fastest access resolution.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install smartdns

Install smartdns Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install smartdns

Install smartdns 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 smartdns using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install smartdns

How To Uninstall smartdns on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove smartdns

Uninstall smartdns And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove smartdns

Remove smartdns Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge smartdns

Remove smartdns configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smartdns

Dependencies

smartdns have the following dependencies:

• init-system-helpers
• libc6
• libssl1.1

References

• smartdns website

Summary

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