How To Install llmnrd on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install llmnrd on Fedora 34.
What is llmnrd
llmnrd is a daemon implementing the Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution (LLMNR) protocol according to RFC 4795. llmnrd will respond to name resolution queries sent by Windows clients in networks where no DNS server is available. It supports both IPv4 and IPv6.
We can use yum or dnf to install llmnrd on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install llmnrd.
Install llmnrd 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 llmnrd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install llmnrd
Install llmnrd 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 llmnrd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install llmnrd
How To Uninstall llmnrd on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the llmnrd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove llmnrd
llmnrd Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/llmnr-query
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/b4387234be5ae50d885548e058fc8cffe98adc
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/adc29510a2c31c7eff47bdc9d316e47876158f
/usr/lib/systemd/system/llmnrd.service
/usr/sbin/llmnrd
/usr/share/doc/llmnrd
/usr/share/doc/llmnrd/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/llmnrd
/usr/share/licenses/llmnrd/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/llmnr-query.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/llmnrd.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install llmnrd on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.