How To Install dictd-server on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dictd-server
on CentOS 7.
What is dictd-server
A server for the DICT protocol. You need to install dictd-usable databases before you can use this server. Those can be found p.e. at ftp More information can be found in the INSTALL file in this package.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install dictd-server
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dictd-server.
Install dictd-server on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install dictd-server
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dictd-server
Install dictd-server 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 dictd-server
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dictd-server
How To Uninstall dictd-server on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the dictd-server
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dictd-server
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dictd-server
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.