How To Install hesiod on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hesiod on CentOS 8.
What is hesiod
Hesiod is a system which uses existing DNS functionality to provide access to databases of information that changes infrequently. It is often used to distribute information kept in the /etc/passwd, /etc/group, and /etc/printcap files, among others. hesiod 3.2.1 11.el8 x86_64 37 k hesiod-3.2.1-11.el8.src.rpm appstream Shared libraries for querying the Hesiod naming service MIT Hesiod is a system which uses existing DNS functionality to provide access to databases of information that changes infrequently. It is often used to distribute information kept in the /etc/passwd, /etc/group, and /etc/printcap files, among others.
We can use yum or dnf to install hesiod on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install hesiod.
Install hesiod 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 hesiod using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install hesiod
Install hesiod 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 hesiod using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install hesiod
How To Uninstall hesiod on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the hesiod package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove hesiod
hesiod Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/hesinfo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/31718f1fbdb176457d6afc7aa15de102ad8caf
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/a9ee41e9e7e46c1a48b0fe210bcb46f6c5ba89
/usr/lib64/libhesiod.so.0
/usr/lib64/libhesiod.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/hesiod
/usr/share/doc/hesiod/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/hesiod/README
/usr/share/licenses/hesiod
/usr/share/licenses/hesiod/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/hesinfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/hesiod.conf.5.gz
/usr/bin/hesinfo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d/051a292261082c3d9f11490f22c91a2133e9a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd/138a2a509e756f1072c127c4b2ae0b50fade13
/usr/lib/libhesiod.so.0
/usr/lib/libhesiod.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/hesiod
/usr/share/doc/hesiod/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/hesiod/README
/usr/share/licenses/hesiod
/usr/share/licenses/hesiod/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/hesinfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/hesiod.conf.5.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hesiod on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.