How To Install dnsperf-data on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dnsperf-data on CentOS 8.
What is dnsperf-data
This is dnsperf, a collection of DNS server performance testing tools. This package provides example query file to use by dnsperf and resperf tools.
We can use yum or dnf to install dnsperf-data on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dnsperf-data.
Install dnsperf-data 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 dnsperf-data using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dnsperf-data
Install dnsperf-data 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 dnsperf-data using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dnsperf-data
How To Uninstall dnsperf-data on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the dnsperf-data package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dnsperf-data
dnsperf-data Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/dnsperf
/usr/share/dnsperf/queryfile-example-current
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dnsperf-data on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.