How To Install bind9-libs on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bind9-libs on Kali Linux.
What is bind9-libs
bind9-libs is:
The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND 9) implements an Internet domain name server. BIND 9 is the most widely-used name server software on the Internet, and is supported by the Internet Software Consortium, www.isc.org.
This package contains a bundle of shared libraries used by BIND 9.
There are three methods to install bind9-libs 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 bind9-libs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install bind9-libs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bind9-libsInstall bind9-libs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install bind9-libs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bind9-libsInstall bind9-libs 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 bind9-libs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bind9-libsHow To Uninstall bind9-libs on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the bind9-libs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bind9-libsUninstall bind9-libs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bind9-libs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bind9-libsRemove bind9-libs Configurations and Data
To remove bind9-libs configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bind9-libsRemove bind9-libs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bind9-libs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bind9-libsDependencies
bind9-libs have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libfstrm0
- libgssapi-krb5-2
- libjson-c5
- libkrb5-3
- liblmdb0
- libmaxminddb0
- libprotobuf-c1
- libssl1.1
- libuv1
- libxml2
- zlib1g
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bind9-libs package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
