How To Install fpdns on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fpdns on CentOS 8.
What is fpdns
fpdns is a program that remotely determines DNS server versions. It does this by sending a series of borderline DNS queries which are compared against a table of responses and server versions.
We can use yum or dnf to install fpdns on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fpdns.
Install fpdns on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install fpdns using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install fpdns
Install fpdns on CentOS 8 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 fpdns using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install fpdns
How To Uninstall fpdns on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the fpdns package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove fpdns
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fpdns on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.