How to Install and Uninstall rbldns Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "rbldns" package

Learn how to install rbldns on Kali Linux


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

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


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

Package: rbldns
Source: djbdns (1:1.05-15)
Version: 1:1.05-15+b3
Installed-Size: 116
Maintainer: Peter Pentchev
Architecture: amd64
Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.51), runit-helper (>= 2.14.0~), sysuser-helper (>= 1.3.3), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: daemon, runit
Breaks: runit (<< 2.1.2-51~)
Size: 30648
SHA256: 13467c7806cbdb27c6ce372d2fdcc43e625587dcc10cf3c16f2e2d12236b87f4
SHA1: c3d1e175335679b7bf71a042440e68f63bdbc2d1
MD5sum: f7a7a2a61c291a7476978f8855d8297f
Description: real time blackhole list server
rbldns is a special-purplose DNS server, that provides information
about blacklisted IP addresses. This information is typically used by
email software in effort to stop spam.
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For more information about this technique, see RFC 6471.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/djbdns/rbldns_1.05-15+b3_amd64.deb