Information about the package, bind-utils, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The bind-utils package is designed for, Utilities for querying DNS name servers.
Package Name:
bind-utils
Summary:
Utilities for querying DNS name servers
Description:
Bind-utils contains a collection of utilities for querying DNS (Domain Name System) name servers to find out information about Internet hosts. These tools will provide you with the IP addresses for given host names, as well as other information about registered domains and network addresses. You should install bind-utils if you need to get information from DNS name servers.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
9.8.2
Release:
0.62.rc1.el6_9.5
Size:
440 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
updates
Licence:
ISC
Control the bind-utils package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install bind-utils
This command will install bind-utils on the server.
yum remove bind-utils
This command will un-install bind-utils on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove bind-utils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove bind-utils
This command will un-install bind-utils 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 bind-utils when using the -y flag.
yum update bind-utils
This command will update bind-utils to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove bind-utils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update bind-utils
This command will update bind-utils 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 bind-utils when using the -y flag.
yum info bind-utils
This command will show you core information about the bind-utils package.
yum deplist bind-utils
This command will show you the dependencies for bind-utils. 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 bind-utils
This command will check if there is an update waiting on bind-utils. 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.