How To Install qjdns on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install qjdns on CentOS 7. qjdns is Qt-wrapper for jdns

Introduction

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

What is qjdns

For Qt users there is a wrapper available called QJDns and a very high-level wrapper called QJDnsShared (under its original name JDnsShared). Qt-based command-line tool called ‘jdns’ that can be used to test functionality.

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

Install qjdns on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install qjdns

Install qjdns 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 qjdns using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install qjdns

How To Uninstall qjdns on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove qjdns

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Summary

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