How To Install dnsmasq-utils on CentOS 8

dnsmasq-utils is Utilities for manipulating DHCP server leases

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.