How To Install adns-progs on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install adns-progs in Fedora 36. adns-progs is Asynchronous-capable DNS client library - utility programs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install adns-progs on Fedora 36.

What is adns-progs

DNS utility programs programs for use from the command line and in scripts - adnslogres is a much faster version of Apache’s logresolv program, - adnsresfilter is a filter which copies its input to its output, replacing IP addresses by the corresponding names, without unduly delaying the output. For example, you can usefully pipe the output of netstat -n, tcpdump -ln, and the like, into it. - adnshost is a general-purpose DNS lookup utility which can be used easily in from the command line and from shell scripts to do simple lookups. In a more advanced mode it can be used as a general-purpose DNS helper program for scripting languages which can invoke and communicate with subprocesses.

We can use yum or dnf to install adns-progs on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install adns-progs.

Install adns-progs on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install adns-progs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install adns-progs

Install adns-progs on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install adns-progs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install adns-progs

How To Uninstall adns-progs on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the adns-progs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove adns-progs

adns-progs Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/adnsheloex
/usr/bin/adnshost
/usr/bin/adnslogres
/usr/bin/adnsresfilter
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/be45d6e3204715bd8f642284cc4a9cc7163123
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/8931ec6f2f2f1a8367172f0e87ba4a8b480947
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8/642e4992d53debac3670fd8d6ca244882671d4
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3/f7d226de42b8bc14717ff326e742cf4aa120ca

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install adns-progs on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).