How To Install zonemaster-cli on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zonemaster-cli on Kali Linux.
What is zonemaster-cli
zonemaster-cli is:
Zonemaster is a utility for DNS validation of the quality of a DNS delegation.
This package contains the Zonemaster CLI utility.
There are three methods to install zonemaster-cli 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 zonemaster-cli Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install zonemaster-cli using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zonemaster-cliInstall zonemaster-cli Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install zonemaster-cli using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zonemaster-cliInstall zonemaster-cli 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 zonemaster-cli using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zonemaster-cliHow To Uninstall zonemaster-cli on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the zonemaster-cli package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zonemaster-cliUninstall zonemaster-cli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zonemaster-cli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zonemaster-cliRemove zonemaster-cli Configurations and Data
To remove zonemaster-cli configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zonemaster-cliRemove zonemaster-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zonemaster-cli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zonemaster-cliDependencies
zonemaster-cli have the following dependencies:
- libgetopt-long-descriptive-perl
- libintl-perl
- libjson-xs-perl
- libmoosex-getopt-perl
- libnet-ldns-perl
- libtext-reflow-perl
- libzonemaster-perl
- perl
- perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zonemaster-cli package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.