How To Install avahi-dnsconfd on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install avahi-dnsconfd on CentOS 7.
What is avahi-dnsconfd
avahi-dnsconfd connects to a running avahi-daemon and runs the script /etc/avahi/dnsconfd.action for each unicast DNS server that is announced on the local LAN. This is useful for configuring unicast DNS servers in a DHCP-like fashion with mDNS.
We can use yum or dnf to install avahi-dnsconfd on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install avahi-dnsconfd.
Install avahi-dnsconfd on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install avahi-dnsconfd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install avahi-dnsconfd
Install avahi-dnsconfd on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install avahi-dnsconfd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install avahi-dnsconfd
How To Uninstall avahi-dnsconfd on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the avahi-dnsconfd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove avahi-dnsconfd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install avahi-dnsconfd on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
