Information about the package, jdns, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The jdns package is designed for, A simple DNS queries library.
Package Name:
jdns
Summary:
A simple DNS queries library
Description:
JDNS is a simple DNS implementation that can perform normal DNS queries of any record type (notably SRV), as well as Multicast DNS queries and advertising. Multicast support is based on Jeremie Miller's "mdnsd" implementation. For maximum flexibility, JDNS is written in C with no direct dependencies, and is licensed under the MIT license. Your application must supply functionality to JDNS, such as UDP sending/receiving, via callbacks.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.0.2
Release:
2.el6
Size:
44 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the jdns package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install jdns
This command will install jdns on the server.
yum remove jdns
This command will un-install jdns on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove jdns, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove jdns
This command will un-install jdns on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove jdns when using the -y flag.
yum update jdns
This command will update jdns to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove jdns, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update jdns
This command will update jdns to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove jdns when using the -y flag.
yum info jdns
This command will show you core information about the jdns package.
yum deplist jdns
This command will show you the dependencies for jdns. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update jdns
This command will check if there is an update waiting on jdns. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.