Nslookup Installation On A Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, Fedora And Raspbian

nslookup

Query name server(s) for various domain records.

Maintainer: Debian DNS Team

Email: [email protected] .

Website: https://www.isc.org/downloads/bind/

Section: net

Install nslookup

Debian apt-get install dnsutils Click to copy
Ubuntu apt-get install dnsutils Click to copy
Alpine OS apk add bind-tools Click to copy
Arch Linux pacman -S bind-tools Click to copy
Kali Linux apt-get install dnsutils Click to copy
Fedora dnf install bind-utils Click to copy
Raspbian apt-get install dnsutils Click to copy

Query name server(s) for various domain records.

How to use nslookup?

Below are few example commands for nslookup that you can use in the terminal.

Query your system's default name server for an IP address (A record) of the domain:
nslookup example.comClick to copyQuery a given name server for a NS record of the domain:
nslookup -type=NS example.com 8.8.8.8Click to copyQuery for a reverse lookup (PTR record) of an IP address:
nslookup -type=PTR 54.240.162.118Click to copyQuery for ANY available records using TCP protocol:
nslookup -vc -type=ANY example.com Click to copyQuery a given name server for the whole zone file (zone transfer) of the domain using TCP protocol:
nslookup -vc -type=AXFR example.com name_serverClick to copyQuery for a mail server (MX record) of the domain, showing details of the transaction:
nslookup -type=MX -debug example.comClick to copyQuery a given name server on a specific port number for a TXT record of the domain:
nslookup -port=port_number -type=TXT example.com name_serverClick to copy

To install the latest version of nslookup in your favorite operating system just copy the nslookup installation command from above and paste it into terminal. It will download and install the latest version of nslookup 2026 package in your OS.