How To Install noip on Fedora 34

noip is A dynamic DNS update client

Introduction

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

What is `noip`

Keep your current IP address in sync with your No-IP host or domain with this Dynamic Update Client (DUC). The client continually checks for IP address changes in the background and automatically updates the DNS at No-IP whenever it changes. N.B. You need to run %# noip2 -C before starting the service.

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

Install noip 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 noip using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install noip

Install noip 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 noip using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install noip

How To Uninstall noip on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove noip

noip Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/no-ip2.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c/0084d4a577502009c2a125f87dfb263175d922
/usr/lib/systemd/system/noip.service
/usr/sbin/noip2
/usr/share/doc/noip
/usr/share/doc/noip/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/noip/README.FIRST

References

noip website

Summary

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