How to Install and Uninstall dnstracer Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "dnstracer" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install dnstracer on Kali Linux


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall dnstracer on Kali Linux:


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

Package: dnstracer
Version: 1.9-8
Installed-Size: 59
Maintainer: Aloïs Micard
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Size: 20236
SHA256: 744f475209a47df3c8fc7801720cb524423e52607d6edc05707dc493691a8f16
SHA1: 6c9651c37cebcb6b9cdb90f52cee05274272da3a
MD5sum: 1a09ffb54a8292cb9038d8aab41f7ae7
Description: trace DNS queries to the source
dnstracer determines where a given Domain Name Server (DNS) gets its
information from for a given hostname, and follows the chain of DNS
servers back to the authoritative answer.
Description-md5:
Homepage: http://www.mavetju.org/unix/dnstracer.php
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, network::client,
protocol::dns, role::program, use::checking,
works-with::network-traffic
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/dnstracer/dnstracer_1.9-8_amd64.deb