How To Install bind-libs-lite.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install bind-libs-lite.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. bind-libs-lite.x86_64 is Libraries for working with the DNS protocol

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bind-libs-lite.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `bind-libs-lite.x86_64`

Contains lite version of BIND suite libraries which are used by various programs to work with DNS protocol.

We can use yum to install bind-libs-lite.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bind-libs-lite.x86_64.

Install bind-libs-lite.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install bind-libs-lite.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bind-libs-lite.x86_64

How To Uninstall bind-libs-lite.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the bind-libs-lite.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove bind-libs-lite.x86_64

bind-libs-lite.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libdns.so.1102
/usr/lib64/libdns.so.1102.1.2
/usr/lib64/libirs.so.160
/usr/lib64/libirs.so.160.0.5
/usr/lib64/libisc.so.169
/usr/lib64/libisc.so.169.0.3
/usr/lib64/libisccfg.so.160
/usr/lib64/libisccfg.so.160.2.1

References

bind-libs-lite.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bind-libs-lite.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.