How To Install pdns-backend-lua2 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pdns-backend-lua2 on Rocky Linux 8. pdns-backend-lua2 is LUA2 backend for pdns

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pdns-backend-lua2 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `pdns-backend-lua2`

This package contains the lua2 backend for pdns

We can use yum or dnf to install pdns-backend-lua2 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pdns-backend-lua2.

Install pdns-backend-lua2 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 pdns-backend-lua2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pdns-backend-lua2

Install pdns-backend-lua2 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 pdns-backend-lua2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pdns-backend-lua2

How To Uninstall pdns-backend-lua2 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the pdns-backend-lua2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pdns-backend-lua2

pdns-backend-lua2 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/97/451a550b91b3ab990daa597594c528e1e7c06c
/usr/lib64/pdns/liblua2backend.so

References

pdns-backend-lua2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pdns-backend-lua2 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.