Where are nslookup and dig gone?

Question

I installed my Raspberry Pi out of the box. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find neither nslookup nor dig.

Where can I find them? Which package do I need to add?

uname -a is:

Linux brambleberry 3.12.28+ #709 PREEMPT Mon Sep 8 15:28:00 BST 2014 armv6l GNU/Linux

From file /etc/os-release:

PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 7 (wheezy)"

Does this answer your question? Where to get Bluetooth/Bluetooth.h for Raspberry Pi? — Dmitry Grigoryev, Dec 14 '20 at 11:59
@DmitryGrigoryev 1) I fail to see relation between the two questions (network tool vs bluetooth tool). 2) I was looking years ago for the package that will provide me with dig or nslookup, again I fail to see answer in linked bluetooth question. — Archemar, Dec 14 '20 at 14:44

score 35 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 27 '15 at 13:13

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Use

 sudo apt-get install dnsutils

After installation, nslookup now works:

me > nslookup 8.8.8.8
Server:         192.168.1.1
Address:        192.168.1.1#53

Non-authoritative answer:
8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa    name = google-public-dns-a.google.com.

Authoritative answers can be found from:

edited Oct 27 '15 at 13:13

Peter Mortensen

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answered Mar 25 '15 at 09:19

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Have a look here if you want to know how to figure this out. That question is closed, but rob's answer on it is worth reading because it uses the --regex option to apt-file (which is explained in my answer). You can always click through to the duplicate as well. – goldilocks Mar 25 '15 at 13:54
When I tried it, I got "Err http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/ wheezy/main libisc84 armhf 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu2+deb7u3 404 Not Found" (and seven other 404's). (I have Debian 7.8/ kernel 3.18.7 - and the same content in /etc/os-release as in the question.) – Peter Mortensen Oct 27 '15 at 13:19
Doing sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get fixed the problem, as in an answer to "apt-get installation doesn't work on Raspberry Pi". – Peter Mortensen Oct 27 '15 at 14:35
I tried it on a second Raspberry Pi. Only the first, sudo apt-get update, is necessary (potentially saving hundreds of megabytes download (and a lot of time)). – Peter Mortensen Oct 27 '15 at 20:34

Where are nslookup and dig gone?

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