How to Install and Uninstall dnsmasq Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "dnsmasq" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install dnsmasq on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                dnsmasq
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "dnsmasq" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall dnsmasq on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dnsmasq
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dnsmasq package on Kali Linux

Package: dnsmasq
Version: 2.90-2
Installed-Size: 150
Maintainer: Simon Kelley
Architecture: all
Depends: netbase, dnsmasq-base, runit-helper (>= 2.14.0~)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Suggests: resolvconf
Conflicts: resolvconf (<< 1.15), runit (<< 2.1.2-51~)
Breaks: runit (<< 2.1.2-51~)
Size: 65708
SHA256: 7db4fe6f60c2689a4e46768731ec23568a2ebb0930d7eef6b5d0b326f94926c8
SHA1: 31074cb18d6b8bb02b1ad8d0813dc6cd97dd9784
MD5sum: b91f9dc2d6672d15d931c7944d08626e
Description: Small caching DNS proxy and DHCP/TFTP server - system daemon
Dnsmasq is a lightweight, easy to configure, DNS forwarder and DHCP
server. It is designed to provide DNS and optionally, DHCP, to a
small network. It can serve the names of local machines which are
not in the global DNS. The DHCP server integrates with the DNS
server and allows machines with DHCP-allocated addresses
to appear in the DNS with names configured either in each host or
in a central configuration file. Dnsmasq supports static and dynamic
DHCP leases and BOOTP/TFTP for network booting of diskless machines.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html
Tag: admin::boot, admin::file-distribution, implemented-in::c,
interface::daemon, network::server, protocol::dhcp, protocol::dns,
protocol::tftp, role::program, scope::utility, use::configuring,
use::proxying, works-with::file
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/dnsmasq/dnsmasq_2.90-2_all.deb