How To Install netresolve on Fedora 34

netresolve is Generic name resolution library Generic name resolution library

Introduction

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

What is `netresolve`

Netresolve is a package for non-blocking network name resolution via backends intended as a replacement for name service switch based name resolution in glibc as well as a testbed for future glibc improvements. netresolve 0.0.1 0.29.20160317git.fc34 x86_64 7.7 k netresolve-0.0.1-0.29.20160317git.fc34.src.rpm fedora Generic name resolution library https BSD Netresolve is a package for non-blocking network name resolution via backends intended as a replacement for name service switch based name resolution in glibc as well as a testbed for future glibc improvements.

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

Install netresolve 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 netresolve using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install netresolve

Install netresolve 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 netresolve using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install netresolve

How To Uninstall netresolve on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove netresolve

netresolve Package Contents on Fedora 34

References

[netresolve website](https://sourceware.org/netresolve/ https://sourceware.org/netresolve/)

Summary

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