How To Install udns-utils on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install udns-utils on Kali Linux.

What is udns-utils

udns-utils is:

This package includes the following utilities: dnsget - a simple DNS query tool, like host' or dig’ for usage from a command line, and dnsip, dnsname etc for usage in scripts rblcheck - DNSBL (rbl) checker All the utilities are built using udns library

There are three methods to install udns-utils 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 udns-utils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install udns-utils

Install udns-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install udns-utils

Install udns-utils 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 udns-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install udns-utils

How To Uninstall udns-utils on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the udns-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove udns-utils

Uninstall udns-utils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove udns-utils

Remove udns-utils Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge udns-utils

Remove udns-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge udns-utils

Dependencies

udns-utils have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libudns0

References

• udns-utils website

Summary

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