How To Install dnsmasq-utils on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dnsmasq-utils on CentOS 8.
What is dnsmasq-utils
Utilities that use the standard DHCP protocol to query/remove a DHCP server’s leases.
We can use yum or dnf to install dnsmasq-utils on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dnsmasq-utils.
Install dnsmasq-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 dnsmasq-utils using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dnsmasq-utils
Install dnsmasq-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 dnsmasq-utils using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dnsmasq-utils
How To Uninstall dnsmasq-utils on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the dnsmasq-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dnsmasq-utils
dnsmasq-utils Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/dhcp_lease_time
/usr/bin/dhcp_release
/usr/bin/dhcp_release6
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/41
/usr/lib/.build-id/41/9937cfd30bcce67f8cf56d054c83692a828047
/usr/lib/.build-id/63
/usr/lib/.build-id/63/592011480ba03ebc51834c2bfb671d6b8ff767
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f/96b4c8d6ea98d7cc91b7c751aea0a73c4e006f
/usr/share/licenses/dnsmasq-utils
/usr/share/licenses/dnsmasq-utils/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/dnsmasq-utils/COPYING-v3
/usr/share/man/man1/dhcp_lease_time.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dhcp_release.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dhcp_release6.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dnsmasq-utils on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.