How To Install unbound-host on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install unbound-host on Kali Linux.

What is unbound-host

unbound-host is:

This package provides the ‘unbound-host’ program that is bundled with the Unbound domain name server. This version differs from the one provided in the package called host, which is from NIKHEF, and bind9-host, which is from ISC, and has a similar but different set of features and options.

There are three methods to install unbound-host 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-host Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install unbound-host

Install unbound-host Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install unbound-host

Install unbound-host 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 unbound-host using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install unbound-host

How To Uninstall unbound-host on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the unbound-host package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove unbound-host

Uninstall unbound-host And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove unbound-host

Remove unbound-host Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge unbound-host

Remove unbound-host configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unbound-host

Dependencies

unbound-host have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libssl1.1
• libunbound8

References

• unbound-host website

Summary

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