How To Install ddclient on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ddclient on Rocky Linux 8. ddclient is Client to update dynamic DNS host entries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ddclient on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `ddclient`

ddclient is a Perl client used to update dynamic DNS entries for accounts on many different dynamic DNS services. Features include daemon, manual and automatic updates, static and dynamic updates, optimized updates for multiple addresses, MX, wildcards, abuse avoidance, retrying the failed updates and sending update status to syslog and through e-mail.

We can use yum or dnf to install ddclient on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ddclient.

Install ddclient on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ddclient using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ddclient

Install ddclient on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ddclient using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ddclient

How To Uninstall ddclient on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove ddclient

ddclient Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/ddclient.conf
/etc/rwtab.d/ddclient
/etc/sysconfig/ddclient
/usr/lib/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/50-ddclient
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ddclient.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/ddclient.conf
/usr/sbin/ddclient
/usr/share/doc/ddclient
/usr/share/doc/ddclient/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/ddclient/Changelog.old
/usr/share/doc/ddclient/README.cisco
/usr/share/doc/ddclient/README.md
/usr/share/doc/ddclient/README.ssl
/usr/share/doc/ddclient/RELEASENOTE
/usr/share/doc/ddclient/sample-ddclient-wrapper.sh
/usr/share/doc/ddclient/sample-etc_cron.d_ddclient
/usr/share/doc/ddclient/sample-etc_dhclient-exit-hooks
/usr/share/doc/ddclient/sample-etc_dhcpc_dhcpcd-eth0.exe
/usr/share/doc/ddclient/sample-etc_ppp_ip-up.local
/usr/share/licenses/ddclient
/usr/share/licenses/ddclient/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/ddclient/COPYRIGHT
/var/cache/ddclient
/var/cache/ddclient/ddclient.cache
/var/run/ddclient

References

ddclient website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ddclient on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.