How To Install bind-libs-lite on CentOS 8

bind-libs-lite is Libraries for working with the DNS protocol Libraries for working with the DNS protocol

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bind-libs-lite on CentOS 8.

What is `bind-libs-lite`

Contains lite version of BIND suite libraries which are used by various programs to work with DNS protocol. bind-libs-lite 32 9.11.26 4.el8_4 x86_64 1.2 M bind-9.11.26-4.el8_4.src.rpm appstream Libraries for working with the DNS protocol https MPLv2.0 Contains lite version of BIND suite libraries which are used by various programs to work with DNS protocol.

We can use yum or dnf to install bind-libs-lite on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bind-libs-lite.

Install bind-libs-lite on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install bind-libs-lite using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bind-libs-lite

Install bind-libs-lite on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install bind-libs-lite using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bind-libs-lite

How To Uninstall bind-libs-lite on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the bind-libs-lite package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove bind-libs-lite

bind-libs-lite Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/00
/usr/lib/.build-id/00/f3c3f54697b806edcc84b6a588ce03e8b6fe6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/18f5b743745adef3a7b02eb2806cd7e82d4eba
/usr/lib/.build-id/77
/usr/lib/.build-id/77/17e2bfb528a64fc25e1e66a7b52fc9ec8150dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/80bc132b43ca9971a7f951d7ec940b4c356ad6
/usr/lib/libdns.so.1112
/usr/lib/libdns.so.1112.0.2
/usr/lib/libirs.so.161
/usr/lib/libirs.so.161.0.1
/usr/lib/libisc.so.1107
/usr/lib/libisc.so.1107.0.4
/usr/lib/libisccfg.so.163
/usr/lib/libisccfg.so.163.0.8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a/4042df310a78edc9af9bef6131b05aa36f874b
/usr/lib/.build-id/15
/usr/lib/.build-id/15/e3f82cef1a53e9b30c441921b6947c032927b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/56
/usr/lib/.build-id/56/282d639d067eb892d8e285aa9b9170fa840fa2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8/7f9e05e040db3adda4ac6c1d8af8addb1abc6d
/usr/lib64/libdns.so.1112
/usr/lib64/libdns.so.1112.0.2
/usr/lib64/libirs.so.161
/usr/lib64/libirs.so.161.0.1
/usr/lib64/libisc.so.1107
/usr/lib64/libisc.so.1107.0.4
/usr/lib64/libisccfg.so.163
/usr/lib64/libisccfg.so.163.0.8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/14
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/7a38be2b22021912c72a82b44f2332239f1006
/usr/lib/.build-id/22
/usr/lib/.build-id/22/0dc16666dca2f0cca46995dc95fdf03c38ee0d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c/b2e944ae09fdf28b5d6316848faa5f9c28d130
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd/4888f7a606a29c747aa4fb837ad70fccc19ed2
/usr/lib/libdns.so.1112
/usr/lib/libdns.so.1112.0.2
/usr/lib/libirs.so.161
/usr/lib/libirs.so.161.0.1
/usr/lib/libisc.so.1107
/usr/lib/libisc.so.1107.0.4
/usr/lib/libisccfg.so.163
/usr/lib/libisccfg.so.163.0.8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/175f10e8b947f652a0f6d3ab25f9a86936e60a
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1/169ce73e69f5b2efc2b2e79f761152e356628c
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/01298d64e21d2c15db68128a3871013548ffbe
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/9b2e2953c24f4d8e8557d87cede41f10a02e3c
/usr/lib64/libdns.so.1112
/usr/lib64/libdns.so.1112.0.2
/usr/lib64/libirs.so.161
/usr/lib64/libirs.so.161.0.1
/usr/lib64/libisc.so.1107
/usr/lib64/libisc.so.1107.0.4
/usr/lib64/libisccfg.so.163
/usr/lib64/libisccfg.so.163.0.8

References

[bind-libs-lite website](https://www.isc.org/downloads/bind/ https://www.isc.org/downloads/bind/)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bind-libs-lite on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.