How To Install stubby on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install stubby on Kali Linux. stubby is modern asynchronous DNS API (stub resolver)

Introduction

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

What is stubby

stubby is:

getdns is a modern asynchronous DNS API. It implements DNS entry points from a design developed and vetted by application developers, in an API specification edited by Paul Hoffman. This API intends to offer application developers a modernized and flexible way to access DNS security (DNSSEC) and other powerful new DNS features; a particular hope is to inspire application developers towards innovative security solutions in their applications.

This package contains stubby daemon - the DNS Privacy Stub Resolver.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install stubby

Install stubby Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install stubby

Install stubby 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 stubby using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install stubby

How To Uninstall stubby on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove stubby

Uninstall stubby And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove stubby

Remove stubby Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge stubby

Remove stubby configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge stubby

Dependencies

stubby have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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