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unbound


Information about the package, unbound, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The unbound package is designed for, Validating, recursive, and caching DNS(SEC) resolver.


Package Name:

unbound

Summary:

Validating, recursive, and caching DNS(SEC) resolver

Description:

Unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS(SEC) resolver. The C implementation of Unbound is developed and maintained by NLnet Labs. It is based on ideas and algorithms taken from a java prototype developed by Verisign labs, Nominet, Kirei and ep.net. Unbound is designed as a set of modular components, so that also DNSSEC (secure DNS) validation and stub-resolvers (that do not run as a server, but are linked into an application) are easily possible.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.4.20

Release:

23.el6_9.4

Size:

1.0 M

Repository:

updates

From Repository:

Licence:

BSD



Handy Yum Commands for unbound


Control the unbound package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install unbound

This command will install unbound on the server.

yum remove unbound

This command will un-install unbound on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove unbound, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove unbound

This command will un-install unbound 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 unbound when using the -y flag.

yum update unbound

This command will update unbound to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove unbound, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update unbound

This command will update unbound 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 unbound when using the -y flag.

yum info unbound

This command will show you core information about the unbound package.

yum deplist unbound

This command will show you the dependencies for unbound. 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 unbound

This command will check if there is an update waiting on unbound. 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.