How To Install getdns on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install getdns on CentOS 8.
What is getdns
getdns is a modern asynchronous DNS API. It implements DNS entry points from a design developed and vetted by application developers, in an API specification edited by Paul Hoffman. With the development of this API, we intend to offer application developers a modernized and flexible way to access DNS security (DNSSEC) and other powerful new DNS features; a particular hope is to inspire application developers towards innovative security solutions in their applications.
We can use yum or dnf to install getdns on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install getdns.
Install getdns 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 getdns using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install getdns
Install getdns 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 getdns using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install getdns
How To Uninstall getdns on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the getdns package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove getdns
getdns Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/68
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/21518f67ef2b7e3631ad1953c2d82e8a77dea3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/d6e4f1f2981590a27016c45c02aa7cb02d460b
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/85563a24cc2bb3df448bd8eed8ff50c1966ede
/usr/lib64/libgetdns.so.10
/usr/lib64/libgetdns.so.10.1.3
/usr/lib64/libgetdns_ex_ev.so.10
/usr/lib64/libgetdns_ex_ev.so.10.1.3
/usr/lib64/libgetdns_ex_event.so.10
/usr/lib64/libgetdns_ex_event.so.10.1.3
/usr/share/doc/getdns
/usr/share/doc/getdns/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/getdns/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/getdns/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/getdns/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/getdns
/usr/share/licenses/getdns/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install getdns on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.