How To Install dnsmasq on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dnsmasq
on Fedora 36.
What is dnsmasq
Dnsmasq is lightweight, easy to configure DNS forwarder and DHCP server. It is designed to provide DNS and, optionally, DHCP, to a small network. It can serve the names of local machines which are not in the global DNS. The DHCP server integrates with the DNS server and allows machines with DHCP-allocated addresses to appear in the DNS with names configured either in each host or in a central configuration file. Dnsmasq supports static and dynamic DHCP leases and BOOTP for network booting of diskless machines.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install dnsmasq
on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dnsmasq.
Install dnsmasq 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 dnsmasq
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dnsmasq
Install dnsmasq 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 dnsmasq
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dnsmasq
How To Uninstall dnsmasq on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the dnsmasq
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dnsmasq
dnsmasq Package Contents on Fedora 36
/etc/dbus-1/system.d/dnsmasq.conf
/etc/dnsmasq.conf
/etc/dnsmasq.d
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b/7159f8ba5a845f5da0b78ff265a0caf67d2a6b
/usr/lib/systemd/system/dnsmasq.service
/usr/lib/sysusers.d/dnsmasq.conf
/usr/sbin/dnsmasq
/usr/share/dnsmasq
/usr/share/dnsmasq/trust-anchors.conf
/usr/share/doc/dnsmasq
/usr/share/doc/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/dnsmasq/DBus-interface
/usr/share/doc/dnsmasq/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/dnsmasq/doc.html
/usr/share/doc/dnsmasq/setup.html
/usr/share/licenses/dnsmasq
/usr/share/licenses/dnsmasq/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/dnsmasq/COPYING-v3
/usr/share/man/man8/dnsmasq.8.gz
/var/lib/dnsmasq
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dnsmasq
on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).