How To Install avahi-utils on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install avahi-utils on Kali Linux. avahi-utils is Avahi browsing, publishing and discovery utilities

Introduction

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

What is avahi-utils

avahi-utils is:

Avahi is a fully LGPL framework for Multicast DNS Service Discovery. It allows programs to publish and discover services and hosts running on a local network with no specific configuration. For example you can plug into a network and instantly find printers to print to, files to look at and people to talk to.

This package contains several utilities that allow you to interact with the Avahi daemon, including publish, browsing and discovering services.

There are three methods to install avahi-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 avahi-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 avahi-utils using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install avahi-utils

Install avahi-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install avahi-utils

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

sudo aptitude -y install avahi-utils

How To Uninstall avahi-utils on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove avahi-utils

Uninstall avahi-utils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove avahi-utils

Remove avahi-utils Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge avahi-utils

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

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

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

Dependencies

avahi-utils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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