How To Install getdns on Fedora 34

getdns is Modern asynchronous API to the DNS Modern asynchronous API to the DNS

Introduction

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

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. getdns 1.6.0 7.fc34 x86_64 215 k getdns-1.6.0-7.fc34.src.rpm fedora Modern asynchronous API to the DNS http BSD 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 Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install getdns.

Install getdns 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 getdns using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install getdns

Install getdns 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 getdns using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install getdns

How To Uninstall getdns on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove getdns

getdns Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/05
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/2f9cf0927d88b4329d8064e1824db13576e698
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5/1b0ae0847bd9381ff73238524266b6ac598662
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9/9c8c839dfe39d791e28d20762be3ecd330f806
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea/6450945be8f11c252190691f16ae2a27be6ed4
/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/lib64/libgetdns_ex_uv.so.10
/usr/lib64/libgetdns_ex_uv.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
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/e46ed574be29647c8e5e092b23ea611b3b8798
/usr/lib/.build-id/56
/usr/lib/.build-id/56/520baad933c9a6ed2f3deebceb68ec5d289253
/usr/lib/.build-id/84
/usr/lib/.build-id/84/bd15a5e80a17383d90415287c6043994fbcebe
/usr/lib/.build-id/94
/usr/lib/.build-id/94/1643ccc1cee5511ac0d9b8fca2d017e4865c1f
/usr/lib/libgetdns.so.10
/usr/lib/libgetdns.so.10.1.3
/usr/lib/libgetdns_ex_ev.so.10
/usr/lib/libgetdns_ex_ev.so.10.1.3
/usr/lib/libgetdns_ex_event.so.10
/usr/lib/libgetdns_ex_event.so.10.1.3
/usr/lib/libgetdns_ex_uv.so.10
/usr/lib/libgetdns_ex_uv.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 Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.