How To Install libasyncns on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libasyncns on CentOS 7. libasyncns is Asynchronous Name Service Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libasyncns on CentOS 7.

What is libasyncns

A small and lightweight library that implements easy to use asynchronous wrappers around the libc NSS functions getaddrinfo(), res_query() and related. A small and lightweight library that implements easy to use asynchronous wrappers around the libc NSS functions getaddrinfo(), res_query() and related.

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

Install libasyncns on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libasyncns

Install libasyncns 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 libasyncns using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libasyncns

How To Uninstall libasyncns on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libasyncns

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Summary

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