How To Install python-pydns on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pydns on CentOS 7.
What is python-pydns
This is a another release of the pydns code, as originally written by Guido van Rossum, and with a hopefully nicer API bolted over the top of it by Anthony Baxter [email protected]. This package contains a module (dnslib) that implements a DNS (Domain Name Server) client, plus additional modules that define some symbolic constants used by DNS (dnstype, dnsclass, dnsopcode).
We can use yum or dnf to install python-pydns on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python-pydns.
Install python-pydns on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install python-pydns using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python-pydns
Install python-pydns 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 python-pydns using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python-pydns
How To Uninstall python-pydns on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the python-pydns package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python-pydns
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pydns on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.