How To Install nsdiff on Fedora 34

nsdiff is create an “nsupdate” script from DNS zone file differences

Introduction

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

What is nsdiff

The nsdiff program examines the old and new versions of a DNS zone, and outputs the differences as a script for use by BIND’s nsupdate program. It provides a bridge between static zone files and dynamic updates. The nspatch script is a wrapper around nsdiff | nsupdate that checks and reports errors in a manner suitable for running from cron. The nsvi script makes it easy to edit a dynamic zone.

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

Install nsdiff 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 nsdiff using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nsdiff

Install nsdiff 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 nsdiff using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nsdiff

How To Uninstall nsdiff on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove nsdiff

nsdiff Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/nsdiff
/usr/bin/nspatch
/usr/bin/nsvi
/usr/share/doc/nsdiff
/usr/share/doc/nsdiff/README.pod
/usr/share/man/man1/nsdiff.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nspatch.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nsvi.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/DNS::nsdiff.3.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/DNS
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/DNS/nsdiff.pm
/usr/bin/nsdiff
/usr/bin/nspatch
/usr/bin/nsvi
/usr/share/doc/nsdiff
/usr/share/doc/nsdiff/README.pod
/usr/share/man/man1/nsdiff.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nspatch.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nsvi.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/DNS::nsdiff.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/DNS
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/DNS/nsdiff.pm

References

Summary

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