How To Install validns on Fedora 34

validns is DNS and DNSSEC zone file validator

Introduction

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

What is validns

DNS and DNSSEC zone file validator. It comes with no man page and no useful README or information, but it’s a nice tool anyway

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

Install validns 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 validns using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install validns

Install validns 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 validns using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install validns

How To Uninstall validns on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove validns

validns Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/validns
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7/737ba89948ce9074f6cc9a246e4c25d2b7797a
/usr/share/doc/validns
/usr/share/doc/validns/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/validns/README
/usr/share/man/man1/validns.1.gz

References

Summary

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