How To Install dnsmasq-utils on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install dnsmasq-utils on Rocky Linux 8. dnsmasq-utils is Utilities for manipulating DHCP server leases

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dnsmasq-utils on Rocky Linux 8.

What is dnsmasq-utils

Utilities that use the standard DHCP protocol to query/remove a DHCP server’s leases.

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

Install dnsmasq-utils 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 dnsmasq-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dnsmasq-utils

Install dnsmasq-utils 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 dnsmasq-utils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dnsmasq-utils

How To Uninstall dnsmasq-utils on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the dnsmasq-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dnsmasq-utils

dnsmasq-utils Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/dhcp_lease_time
/usr/bin/dhcp_release
/usr/bin/dhcp_release6
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b/540336ba9a64bc70a5795c2e751bba8651cbba
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f/ba2421b92e37e356f421b4c8ee66066c148272
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6/5f3b15ad3437279070e71d69b11fe35896ac6c
/usr/share/licenses/dnsmasq-utils
/usr/share/licenses/dnsmasq-utils/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/dnsmasq-utils/COPYING-v3
/usr/share/man/man1/dhcp_lease_time.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dhcp_release.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dhcp_release6.1.gz

References

Summary

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