Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bind-libs on CentOS 8.
What is bind-libs
Contains heavyweight version of BIND suite libraries used by both named DNS server and utilities in bind-utils package. bind-libs 32 9.11.26 4.el8_4 x86_64 174 k bind-9.11.26-4.el8_4.src.rpm appstream Libraries used by the BIND DNS packages https MPLv2.0 Contains heavyweight version of BIND suite libraries used by both named DNS server and utilities in bind-utils package.
We can use yum or dnf to install bind-libs on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bind-libs.
Install bind-libs 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-libs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bind-libs
Install bind-libs 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-libs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bind-libs
How To Uninstall bind-libs on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the bind-libs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bind-libs
bind-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/5648341aa7e2ca6782c8fbc704617007c85b81
/usr/lib/.build-id/20
/usr/lib/.build-id/20/da4d10af690cabb06538189ec0573771a737cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/82
/usr/lib/.build-id/82/2face2efbcf94765c00ffe0c4607f917e8ac0a
/usr/lib64/libbind9.so.161
/usr/lib64/libbind9.so.161.0.4
/usr/lib64/libisccc.so.161
/usr/lib64/libisccc.so.161.0.1
/usr/lib64/liblwres.so.161
/usr/lib64/liblwres.so.161.0.4
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/11
/usr/lib/.build-id/11/2490afbd772e7bd19bddd60bba36e42d765c0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c/83b97bc453fb1dbd3a27db0c9361baa1f8d12e
/usr/lib/.build-id/69
/usr/lib/.build-id/69/6cc62fb55dd69aac8e170ec37f50dd25590071
/usr/lib/libbind9.so.161
/usr/lib/libbind9.so.161.0.4
/usr/lib/libisccc.so.161
/usr/lib/libisccc.so.161.0.1
/usr/lib/liblwres.so.161
/usr/lib/liblwres.so.161.0.4
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/217ad386c4a0e026b70f82d4ec4610687a10c9
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e/5de13c08778f6dead92b21f21425d0d30b893a
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc/67f5514ac9d04526472938f534b9950601b784
/usr/lib/libbind9.so.161
/usr/lib/libbind9.so.161.0.4
/usr/lib/libisccc.so.161
/usr/lib/libisccc.so.161.0.1
/usr/lib/liblwres.so.161
/usr/lib/liblwres.so.161.0.4
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/54/36305f052f277f6aa5626289369e47f7650c76
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/ba32e208007eca80f5aed067cc9fc7f9e6582d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e/f4cd0dcc22624397c3ac0276c743ddbf64cc33
/usr/lib64/libbind9.so.161
/usr/lib64/libbind9.so.161.0.4
/usr/lib64/libisccc.so.161
/usr/lib64/libisccc.so.161.0.1
/usr/lib64/liblwres.so.161
/usr/lib64/liblwres.so.161.0.4
References
- [bind-libs website](https://www.isc.org/downloads/bind/
https://www.isc.org/downloads/bind/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bind-libs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
