How To Install bind-utils on CentOS 8

bind-utils is Utilities for querying DNS name servers

Introduction

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

What is bind-utils

Bind-utils contains a collection of utilities for querying DNS (Domain Name System) name servers to find out information about Internet hosts. These tools will provide you with the IP addresses for given host names, as well as other information about registered domains and network addresses. You should install bind-utils if you need to get information from DNS name servers.

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

Install bind-utils 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-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bind-utils

Install bind-utils 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-utils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bind-utils

How To Uninstall bind-utils on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove bind-utils

bind-utils Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/trusted-key.key
/usr/bin/arpaname
/usr/bin/delv
/usr/bin/dig
/usr/bin/dnstap-read
/usr/bin/host
/usr/bin/nslookup
/usr/bin/nsupdate
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c/25761fc6a2dc56534e21310bf657721513d1a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c/626de9b0630e4ea1fbdcd8e36ea29fedc3da89
/usr/lib/.build-id/14
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/f5b9a145eb4c371f240f08700350fb89d5c733
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/9b255b1ddc3ead5dc776647435a3e9d26ba0dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d/bd82dba27e31d6f06cd6cc90aec657ffa29777
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f/c9e22f4e067eaa52cbb54a021f5088a9d77d3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/0fc1e77ff1b34a8177e1aa509d2bf4f71a5b0c
/usr/lib/.build-id/40/22378ee1af2910fdd90053979a7e3a157032aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/49/6efbea3e1186727e460d6a72d7652d6f147ef3
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/usr/lib/.build-id/57/9194b15a3a0ab873db53dd0feda199cd658ca5
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/usr/lib/.build-id/5b
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/usr/lib/.build-id/81/9f26c36f01423d8bd6a58ee7f8f3a6fdf31f92
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/e5de8bab24bc5cd5bea0681df65d85493f6f62
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/962be6f91d5dddfce0dadb5a0819b1c42f6843
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f/8d7864f8dbe1b20bb0fd730733d55aeffc9bcd
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9/a8dca53f6b926c9139e3d8011f76c37a7df73e
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/09cdf590f5cad639bc131529ec3150cd6ed96b
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/0e5561e1d13143d4f4ae367aafd1452919b92a
/usr/lib/.build-id/df
/usr/lib/.build-id/df/c6d6c5825c3649fd5d3d6dab84fdb2c045d4d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6/9bc15bb7164d20f7ebac9f9e3db9532de72ced
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9/5b5afddaf4f14953de32a7bfc12ee7fd2edb92
/usr/sbin/ddns-confgen
/usr/sbin/dnssec-checkds
/usr/sbin/dnssec-coverage
/usr/sbin/dnssec-dsfromkey
/usr/sbin/dnssec-importkey
/usr/sbin/dnssec-keyfromlabel
/usr/sbin/dnssec-keygen
/usr/sbin/dnssec-keymgr
/usr/sbin/dnssec-revoke
/usr/sbin/dnssec-settime
/usr/sbin/dnssec-signzone
/usr/sbin/dnssec-verify
/usr/sbin/genrandom
/usr/sbin/isc-hmac-fixup
/usr/sbin/named-checkzone
/usr/sbin/named-compilezone
/usr/sbin/nsec3hash
/usr/sbin/tsig-keygen
/usr/share/man/man1/arpaname.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/delv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dig.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dnstap-read.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/host.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nslookup.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nsupdate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ddns-confgen.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnssec-checkds.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnssec-coverage.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnssec-dsfromkey.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnssec-importkey.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnssec-keyfromlabel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnssec-keygen.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnssec-keymgr.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnssec-revoke.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnssec-settime.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnssec-signzone.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnssec-verify.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/genrandom.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/isc-hmac-fixup.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/named-checkzone.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/named-compilezone.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/nsec3hash.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tsig-keygen.8.gz
/etc/trusted-key.key
/usr/bin/arpaname
/usr/bin/delv
/usr/bin/dig
/usr/bin/dnstap-read
/usr/bin/host
/usr/bin/nslookup
/usr/bin/nsupdate
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e/6828f91024a94951f929f35dbe973b4dbf5c88
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/dc53a97270d0314a948daa564558a68b52c0fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/24
/usr/lib/.build-id/24/aeb0097a0d6df46dd576998d68a937cbece282
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/4fdf7e82d2331dfe59389f7321b2b008b84f48
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/usr/lib/.build-id/35/b5f91d2a3c6869e0ec1e6d853fed14a9125a09
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/usr/lib/.build-id/5f/c360cd752e536c77f8d8356916ba62271185ec
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/usr/lib/.build-id/fa/931307a5b03b310bb7bad8020466bd921b3605
/usr/sbin/ddns-confgen
/usr/sbin/dnssec-checkds
/usr/sbin/dnssec-coverage
/usr/sbin/dnssec-dsfromkey
/usr/sbin/dnssec-importkey
/usr/sbin/dnssec-keyfromlabel
/usr/sbin/dnssec-keygen
/usr/sbin/dnssec-keymgr
/usr/sbin/dnssec-revoke
/usr/sbin/dnssec-settime
/usr/sbin/dnssec-signzone
/usr/sbin/dnssec-verify
/usr/sbin/genrandom
/usr/sbin/isc-hmac-fixup
/usr/sbin/named-checkzone
/usr/sbin/named-compilezone
/usr/sbin/nsec3hash
/usr/sbin/tsig-keygen
/usr/share/man/man1/arpaname.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/delv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dig.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dnstap-read.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/host.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nslookup.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nsupdate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ddns-confgen.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnssec-checkds.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnssec-coverage.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnssec-dsfromkey.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnssec-importkey.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnssec-keyfromlabel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnssec-keygen.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnssec-keymgr.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnssec-revoke.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnssec-settime.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnssec-signzone.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnssec-verify.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/genrandom.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/isc-hmac-fixup.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/named-checkzone.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/named-compilezone.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/nsec3hash.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tsig-keygen.8.gz

References

Summary

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