How To Install lookup on Fedora 34

lookup is A graphical tool to search DNS for answers

Introduction

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

What is lookup

The lookup utility allows you to query the DNS for answers. It displays the results in a graphical tree structure, and checks the answers for validity and conformance with DNSSEC. The results are color coded based on their DNSSEC status.

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

Install lookup 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 lookup using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lookup

Install lookup 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 lookup using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lookup

How To Uninstall lookup on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove lookup

lookup Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/lookup
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/7b7ad780ed5df5464ae85220e3a1cab91e2932
/usr/share/applications/lookup.desktop
/usr/share/doc/lookup
/usr/share/doc/lookup/COPYING
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/lookup.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/lookup.png
/usr/share/man/man1/lookup.1.gz

References

Summary

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