Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bind-to-tinydns on CentOS 8.
What is bind-to-tinydns
This is a program that parses zone files used by the BIND DNS server and converts them to the native format of the tinydns component of Dan Bernstein’s djbdns DNS server.
We can use yum or dnf to install bind-to-tinydns on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bind-to-tinydns.
Install bind-to-tinydns on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install bind-to-tinydns using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bind-to-tinydns
Install bind-to-tinydns on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install bind-to-tinydns using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bind-to-tinydns
How To Uninstall bind-to-tinydns on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the bind-to-tinydns package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bind-to-tinydns
bind-to-tinydns Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/bind-to-tinydns
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/77
/usr/lib/.build-id/77/bd3ff9467bfacff8480f5cfa89fd1bd3896e7b
/usr/share/doc/bind-to-tinydns
/usr/share/doc/bind-to-tinydns/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/bind-to-tinydns/README
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bind-to-tinydns on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
