How To Install ldns on Fedora 34

ldns is Low-level DNS(SEC) library with API Low-level DNS(SEC) library with API

Introduction

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

What is ldns

ldns is a library with the aim to simplify DNS programming in C. All low-level DNS/DNSSEC operations are supported. We also define a higher level API which allows a programmer to (for instance) create or sign packets. ldns 1.7.1 4.fc34 x86_64 160 k ldns-1.7.1-4.fc34.src.rpm updates Low-level DNS(SEC) library with API https BSD ldns is a library with the aim to simplify DNS programming in C. All low-level DNS/DNSSEC operations are supported. We also define a higher level API which allows a programmer to (for instance) create or sign packets.

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

Install ldns 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 ldns using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ldns

Install ldns 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 ldns using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ldns

How To Uninstall ldns on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove ldns

ldns Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/79
/usr/lib/.build-id/79/a591126d2944870b67e582339b3f64426daf28
/usr/lib/libldns.so.3
/usr/lib/libldns.so.3.0.0
/usr/share/doc/ldns
/usr/share/doc/ldns/README
/usr/share/licenses/ldns
/usr/share/licenses/ldns/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/81
/usr/lib/.build-id/81/0f3e8047c55264353cf560fb027af6dd1e6709
/usr/lib64/libldns.so.3
/usr/lib64/libldns.so.3.0.0
/usr/share/doc/ldns
/usr/share/doc/ldns/README
/usr/share/licenses/ldns
/usr/share/licenses/ldns/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4/aede53004c21b4cb3f18d5b25c21a9f149da1f
/usr/lib64/libldns.so.3
/usr/lib64/libldns.so.3.0.0
/usr/share/doc/ldns
/usr/share/doc/ldns/README
/usr/share/licenses/ldns
/usr/share/licenses/ldns/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9/21284a056272b489686790db37094592db6503
/usr/lib/libldns.so.3
/usr/lib/libldns.so.3.0.0
/usr/share/doc/ldns
/usr/share/doc/ldns/README
/usr/share/licenses/ldns
/usr/share/licenses/ldns/LICENSE

References

Summary

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