How To Install pdns-tools on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pdns-tools on Rocky Linux 8. pdns-tools is Extra tools for pdns

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pdns-tools on Rocky Linux 8.

What is pdns-tools

This package contains the extra tools for pdns

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

Install pdns-tools 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 pdns-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pdns-tools

Install pdns-tools 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 pdns-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pdns-tools

How To Uninstall pdns-tools on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the pdns-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pdns-tools

pdns-tools Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/calidns
/usr/bin/dnsbulktest
/usr/bin/dnsgram
/usr/bin/dnspcap2calidns
/usr/bin/dnspcap2protobuf
/usr/bin/dnsreplay
/usr/bin/dnsscan
/usr/bin/dnsscope
/usr/bin/dnstcpbench
/usr/bin/dnswasher
/usr/bin/dumresp
/usr/bin/ixplore
/usr/bin/nproxy
/usr/bin/nsec3dig
/usr/bin/pdns_notify
/usr/bin/saxfr
/usr/bin/sdig
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/02
/usr/lib/.build-id/02/dd2e37c4abe8912885f991a83803914eb38572
/usr/lib/.build-id/12
/usr/lib/.build-id/12/a22c8146229b081dd1dfcc647a7954f41ce44f
/usr/lib/.build-id/15
/usr/lib/.build-id/15/52cc16bee2969ca1a064ff2911d35c098c414a
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e/ef4664efb8dc91c43884a5edaa33bd7d3b59b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b/103841eff8332a54dabba1fc50b1cb3b9b9a98
/usr/lib/.build-id/51
/usr/lib/.build-id/51/26edebc5d1f7f22a2f4b92eeb5c764ec936402
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/214fa9274d31dea1a75bb8ee261a902a5806d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b/d983c3b2b9cd324422bfd6760aba6ff88122d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/07ac8295a86f516169e58ae7644cb82fa366b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/96
/usr/lib/.build-id/96/cb99bc7bef418799808e4cc481231f92598ef5
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2/1f0bb1be2ef5e73ad495e33c61bc71662e3c7a
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4/c738638bf02f0cecb1da247d81afe67edcfdc1
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7/c9c3b86657b5b68388fb49b74cf9fd5c1fe5df
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4/716df5ec0d6848316cfb0ea1597cc93eceec89
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7/460b08c6657389b32e12c04508366aab0f6605
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9/6a8340ab690d746e7ef61e0e91e1ba4b6f0eb0
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb/4bab11fe412d2294397134588183fc501e1ed5
/usr/share/doc/pdns/bind-dnssec.4.2.0_to_4.3.0_schema.sqlite3.sql
/usr/share/doc/pdns/bind-dnssec.schema.sqlite3.sql
/usr/share/man/man1/calidns.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dnsbulktest.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dnsgram.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dnspcap2calidns.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dnspcap2protobuf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dnsreplay.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dnsscan.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dnsscope.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dnstcpbench.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dnswasher.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dumresp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ixplore.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nproxy.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nsec3dig.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pdns_notify.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/saxfr.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sdig.1.gz

References

Summary

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