How to Install and Uninstall libresolv-wrapper Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: March 15,2025

1. Install "libresolv-wrapper" package

This tutorial shows how to install libresolv-wrapper on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libresolv-wrapper
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libresolv-wrapper" package

Learn how to uninstall libresolv-wrapper on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libresolv-wrapper
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libresolv-wrapper package on Kali Linux

Package: libresolv-wrapper
Source: resolv-wrapper (1.1.8-2)
Version: 1.1.8-2+b1
Installed-Size: 53
Maintainer: Debian SSSD Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Size: 15304
SHA256: ede49b681acac80a728c4e04bfa126569e1e62db3e615cb2b2e21478d9a92b55
SHA1: e31c0e2978795643aa238347a2a9b9e73b75ca5d
MD5sum: a81d8ca340100c5ae1c9e60e5a9a0f63
Description: wrapper for DNS name resolving or DNS faking
Makes it possible to contact your own DNS implementation in your test
environment. It requires socket_wrapper to be able to contact the server.
Alternatively, the wrapper is able to fake DNS queries and return valid
responses to your application.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://cwrap.org/resolv_wrapper.html
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/resolv-wrapper/libresolv-wrapper_1.1.8-2+b1_amd64.deb