How to Install and Uninstall pdns-tools Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: April 28,2024

1. Install "pdns-tools" package

Please follow the steps below to install pdns-tools on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                pdns-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "pdns-tools" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall pdns-tools on Kali Linux:


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

Package: pdns-tools
Source: pdns
Version: 4.8.3-4
Installed-Size: 16794
Maintainer: pdns packagers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libboost-program-options1.83.0 (>= 1.83.0), libc6 (>= 2.36), libcurl4 (>= 7.16.2), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.4), libp11-kit0 (>= 0.25.0), libsodium23 (>= 0.6.0), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), libstdc++6 (>= 13.1)
Size: 2088060
SHA256: 4578de3795f0ae0d8ecf2090b028307d1ab3355f9b2132d405e15bd7aa73873f
SHA1: 1bbbc15032be7e0e59063e6e0659cbadea92e043
MD5sum: 44adf1c4cd1c975eae9e236461570eba
Description: Tools for DNS debugging by PowerDNS
PowerDNS is a versatile nameserver which supports a large number
of different backends ranging from simple zonefiles to relational
databases and load balancing/failover algorithms.
PowerDNS tries to emphasize speed and security.
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This package contains several tools to debug DNS issues. These tools do not
require any part of the PowerDNS server components to work.
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* calidns: Resolver benchmark tool
* dnsbulktest: A resolver stress-tester
* dnsgram: Show per 5-second statistics to study intermittent resolver issues
* dnspcap2calidns: PCAP conversion tool (calidns format)
* dnspcap2protobuf: PCAP conversion tool (protobuf format)
* dnsreplay: Replay a pcap with DNS queries
* dnsscan: Prints the query-type amounts in a pcap
* dnsscope: Calculates statistics without replaying traffic
* dnstcpbench: Perform TCP benchmarking of DNS servers
* dnswasher: Clean a pcap of identifying IP information
* dumresp: Dummy DNS responder
* ixplore: Explore diffs from IXFRs
* nproxy: DNS notification proxy
* nsec3dig: Calculate the correctness of NSEC3 proofs
* pdns_notify: Simple tool for sending DNS notifies
* saxfr: AXFR zones and show extra information
* sdig: dig-like tool supporting DoH, DoT, PROXY-protocol and XPF
* stubquery: Stub resolver query tool
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://www.powerdns.com/
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pdns/pdns-tools_4.8.3-4_amd64.deb