How To Install dnsmasq on Fedora 34

dnsmasq is A lightweight DHCP/caching DNS server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dnsmasq on Fedora 34.

What is dnsmasq

Dnsmasq is lightweight, easy to configure DNS forwarder and DHCP server. It is designed to provide DNS and, optionally, DHCP, to a small network. It can serve the names of local machines which are not in the global DNS. The DHCP server integrates with the DNS server and allows machines with DHCP-allocated addresses to appear in the DNS with names configured either in each host or in a central configuration file. Dnsmasq supports static and dynamic DHCP leases and BOOTP for network booting of diskless machines.

We can use yum or dnf to install dnsmasq on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dnsmasq.

Install dnsmasq on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install dnsmasq using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dnsmasq

Install dnsmasq on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install dnsmasq using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dnsmasq

How To Uninstall dnsmasq on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the dnsmasq package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dnsmasq

dnsmasq Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/dbus-1/system.d/dnsmasq.conf
/etc/dnsmasq.conf
/etc/dnsmasq.d
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5/aeaeaf8b26a3f117dbcd0ff864cd534281d8d8
/usr/lib/systemd/system/dnsmasq.service
/usr/lib/sysusers.d/dnsmasq.conf
/usr/sbin/dnsmasq
/usr/share/dnsmasq
/usr/share/dnsmasq/trust-anchors.conf
/usr/share/doc/dnsmasq
/usr/share/doc/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/dnsmasq/DBus-interface
/usr/share/doc/dnsmasq/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/dnsmasq/doc.html
/usr/share/doc/dnsmasq/setup.html
/usr/share/licenses/dnsmasq
/usr/share/licenses/dnsmasq/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/dnsmasq/COPYING-v3
/usr/share/man/man8/dnsmasq.8.gz
/var/lib/dnsmasq
/etc/dbus-1/system.d/dnsmasq.conf
/etc/dnsmasq.conf
/etc/dnsmasq.d
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/8033d3bf99958f5a7ff4db3f28c0d2a044c632
/usr/lib/systemd/system/dnsmasq.service
/usr/lib/sysusers.d/dnsmasq.conf
/usr/sbin/dnsmasq
/usr/share/dnsmasq
/usr/share/dnsmasq/trust-anchors.conf
/usr/share/doc/dnsmasq
/usr/share/doc/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/dnsmasq/DBus-interface
/usr/share/doc/dnsmasq/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/dnsmasq/doc.html
/usr/share/doc/dnsmasq/setup.html
/usr/share/licenses/dnsmasq
/usr/share/licenses/dnsmasq/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/dnsmasq/COPYING-v3
/usr/share/man/man8/dnsmasq.8.gz
/var/lib/dnsmasq

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dnsmasq on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.