How To Install ldns on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ldns on Rocky Linux 8. ldns is Low-level DNS(SEC) library with API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ldns on Rocky Linux 8.

What is ldns

ldns is a library with the aim to simplify DNS programming in C. All low-level DNS/DNSSEC operations are supported. We also define a higher level API which allows a programmer to (for instance) create or sign packets.

We can use yum or dnf to install ldns on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ldns.

Install ldns on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install ldns

Install ldns on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ldns using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ldns

How To Uninstall ldns on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the ldns package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ldns

ldns Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/da
/usr/lib/.build-id/da/bc397dc53b545e2b6dffb9b0d9fa371a605a5a
/usr/lib64/libldns.so.2
/usr/lib64/libldns.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/doc/ldns
/usr/share/doc/ldns/README
/usr/share/licenses/ldns
/usr/share/licenses/ldns/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/829520e0568714c0ea4ed7c320214881c6fcf3
/usr/lib/libldns.so.2
/usr/lib/libldns.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/doc/ldns
/usr/share/doc/ldns/README
/usr/share/licenses/ldns
/usr/share/licenses/ldns/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ldns on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.