How To Install ldns-python.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install ldns-python.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. ldns-python.x86_64 is Python extensions for ldns

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ldns-python.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `ldns-python.x86_64`

Python extensions for ldns

We can use yum to install ldns-python.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ldns-python.x86_64.

Install ldns-python.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ldns-python.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ldns-python.x86_64

How To Uninstall ldns-python.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the ldns-python.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove ldns-python.x86_64

ldns-python.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/_ldns.so
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/_ldns.so.1
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/_ldns.so.1.6.16
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/ldns
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/ldns.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/ldns.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/ldns.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/ldnsx.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/ldnsx.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/ldnsx.pyo

References

ldns-python.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ldns-python.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.