Fedora install caching dns server (caching-nameserver).

   The step by step below show example on how to install caching-nameserver on Fedora Linux.  This example execute using on Fedora 15 server that configure to be caching dns server (caching nameserver) for local network.

Install caching dns server example:

1.  Log in on your Linux machine, and then su - to make sure you have sufficient privileges (root privileges) to install caching-nameserver.

2.  Then execute yum command as on example below to install or update the caching-nameserver on your Fedora system... please note you can also use yum install command to install the caching-nameserver package on the system.

[root@serverc ~]# yum update caching-nameserver

Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit

Setting up Update Process

Resolving Dependencies

--> Running transaction check

---> Package bind.i686 32:9.8.0-3.P1.fc15 will be updated

--> Processing Dependency: bind = 32:9.8.0-3.P1.fc15 for package: 32:bind-chroot-9.8.0-3.P1.fc15.i686

---> Package bind.i686 32:9.8.0-7.P4.fc15 will be an update

--> Running transaction check

---> Package bind-chroot.i686 32:9.8.0-3.P1.fc15 will be updated

---> Package bind-chroot.i686 32:9.8.0-7.P4.fc15 will be an update

--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

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 Package                      Arch        Version                 Repository      Size

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Updating:

 bind                         i686        32:9.8.0-7.P4.fc15      updates        3.6 M

Updating for dependencies:

 bind-chroot                  i686        32:9.8.0-7.P4.fc15      updates         69 k

Transaction Summary

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Upgrade       2 Package(s)

Total download size: 3.6 M

Is this ok [y/N]: y

Downloading Packages:

Setting up and reading Presto delta metadata

Processing delta metadata

Download delta size: 211 k

bind-9.8.0-3.P1.fc15_9.8.0-7.P4.fc15.i686.drpm                    | 211 kB     00:03    

Finishing rebuild of rpms, from deltarpms

<delta rebuild>                                                   | 3.6 MB     00:03    

Presto reduced the update size by 95% (from 3.6 M to 211 k).

Package(s) data still to download: 69 k

bind-chroot-9.8.0-7.P4.fc15.i686.rpm                              |  69 kB     00:00    

Running rpm_check_debug

Running Transaction Test

Transaction Test Succeeded

Running Transaction

  Updating   : 32:bind-9.8.0-7.P4.fc15.i686                                      1/4

  Updating   : 32:bind-chroot-9.8.0-7.P4.fc15.i686                               2/4

  Cleanup    : 32:bind-chroot-9.8.0-3.P1.fc15.i686                               3/4

  Cleanup    : 32:bind-9.8.0-3.P1.fc15.i686                                      4/4

Updated:

  bind.i686 32:9.8.0-7.P4.fc15                                                                                        

Dependency Updated:

  bind-chroot.i686 32:9.8.0-7.P4.fc15                                                                                 

Complete!

[root@serverc ~]#

now proceed with configure caching-nameserver with this simple step by step...

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