How To Install knot-libs on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install knot-libs on CentOS 7. knot-libs is Libraries used by the Knot DNS server and client applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install knot-libs on CentOS 7.

What is knot-libs

The package contains shared libraries used by the Knot DNS server and utilities.

We can use yum or dnf to install knot-libs on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install knot-libs.

Install knot-libs on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install knot-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install knot-libs

Install knot-libs 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 knot-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install knot-libs

How To Uninstall knot-libs on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the knot-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove knot-libs

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install knot-libs on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.