How To Install unbound-anchor on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install unbound-anchor on Kali Linux.
What is unbound-anchor
unbound-anchor is:
unbound-anchor is a utility which securely fetches or updates the root DNS zone trust anchor. A copy of the current root anchor and root update certificate is embedded in unbound-anchor. RFC 5011 trust anchor tracking is performed, with fallback to an SSL fetch if this fails.
There are three methods to install unbound-anchor 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 unbound-anchor Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install unbound-anchor using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install unbound-anchorInstall unbound-anchor Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install unbound-anchor using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install unbound-anchorInstall unbound-anchor 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install unbound-anchor using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install unbound-anchorHow To Uninstall unbound-anchor on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the unbound-anchor package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove unbound-anchorUninstall unbound-anchor And Its Dependencies
To uninstall unbound-anchor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove unbound-anchorRemove unbound-anchor Configurations and Data
To remove unbound-anchor configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge unbound-anchorRemove unbound-anchor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove unbound-anchor configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unbound-anchorDependencies
unbound-anchor have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install unbound-anchor package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.