-bash: dig: command not found – How to Install Dig command on Linux Server?

How to install Dig command (Bind Utils) on CentOS 6 & 7/RHEL/cPanel Servers

ERROR :

-bash: dig: command not found

FIX :

Error shows there is no dig command found on the server.

root@server [/]# dig
-bash: dig: command not found

Log into your Linux Server via SSH as root and first check whether bind-utils package is installed on your Linux Server.

root@server [/]# rpm -qa | grep bind-utils
root@server [/]#

On the above server bind-utils package wasn’t installed and that is the reason why dig command shows error.

You can install bind-utils package using yum.

Command to install bind-utils : yum install bind-utils
 

root@server [/]# yum install bind-utils

Resolving Dependencies
–> Running transaction check
—> Package bind-utils.x86_64 32:9.9.4-29.el7_2.3 will be installed
–> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
bind-utils x86_64 32:9.9.4-29.el7_2.3 updates 200 k

Transaction Summary
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Install 1 Package

Total download size: 200 k
Installed size: 434 k
Is this ok [y/d/N]: y
Downloading packages:
bind-utils-9.9.4-29.el7_2.3.x86_64.rpm | 200 kB 00:00:00
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction
Installing : 32:bind-utils-9.9.4-29.el7_2.3.x86_64 1/1
Verifying : 32:bind-utils-9.9.4-29.el7_2.3.x86_64 1/1

Installed:
bind-utils.x86_64 32:9.9.4-29.el7_2.3

Complete!
root@server [/]#

 
Now bind-utils package is installed on the server and dig command should work.
 

root@server [/]# dig -v
DiG 9.9.4-RedHat-9.9.4-29.el7_2.3