How To Install Kdig On Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, Fedora, Raspbian And MacOS?

How To Install Kdig On Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, Fedora, Raspbian And MacOS?

kdig

Clients provided with Knot DNS (kdig, knslookup, knsupdate)

Maintainer: knot packagers



Section: net

Install kdig

  • Debian apt-get install knot-dnsutils Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install knot-dnsutils Click to copy
  • Alpine OS apk add knot Click to copy
  • Arch Linux pacman -S knot Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install knot-dnsutils Click to copy
  • Fedora dnf install knot-utils Click to copy
  • Raspbian apt-get install knot-dnsutils Click to copy
  • macOS brew install knot Click to copy

knot-dnsutils

Clients provided with Knot DNS (kdig, knslookup, knsupdate)

Knot DNS is a fast, authoritative only, high performance, feature full and open source name server. Knot DNS is developed by CZ.NIC Labs, the R&D department of .CZ registry and hence is well suited to run anything from the root zone, the top-level domain, to many smaller standard domain names. This package delivers various client programs related to DNS that are derived from the Knot DNS source tree. - [k]dig - query the DNS in various ways - [k]nsupdate - perform dynamic updates (See RFC2136) Those clients were designed to be 1:1 compatible with BIND dnsutils, but they provide some enhancements, which are documented in respective manpages. WARNING: [k]nslookup is not provided as it is considered obsolete.

knot-utils

DNS client utilities shipped with the Knot DNS server

knot

authoritative domain name server

Knot DNS is a fast, authoritative only, high performance, feature full and open source name server. Knot DNS is developed by CZ.NIC Labs, the R&D department of .CZ registry and hence is well suited to run anything from the root zone, the top-level domain, to many smaller standard domain names.

Installation of latest kdig command is available for Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, Fedora, Raspbian and macOS. You can copy the command for your OS from above and paste it into your terminal. Once you run the command it will download the 2026 latest package from the repository and install it in your computer/server.