Information about the package, pdns, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pdns package is designed for, A modern, advanced and high performance authoritative-only.
Package Name:
pdns
Summary:
A modern, advanced and high performance authoritative-only
URL:
Description:
The PowerDNS Nameserver is a modern, advanced and high performance authoritative-only nameserver. It is written from scratch and conforms to all relevant DNS standards documents. Furthermore, PowerDNS interfaces with almost any database.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.3.3
Release:
2.el6
Size:
2.1 M
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the pdns package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pdns
This command will install pdns on the server.
yum remove pdns
This command will un-install pdns on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pdns, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pdns
This command will un-install pdns 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 pdns when using the -y flag.
yum update pdns
This command will update pdns to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pdns, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pdns
This command will update pdns 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 pdns when using the -y flag.
yum info pdns
This command will show you core information about the pdns package.
yum deplist pdns
This command will show you the dependencies for pdns. 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 pdns
This command will check if there is an update waiting on pdns. 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.