Nslookup: command not found error on RHEL/CentOS 7

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During linux installation I selected "minimal" option:

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When I went to run the nslookup command to look up an IP address I got the error message nslookup: command not found as shown in the example below.

$ nslookup www.google.com
bash: nslookup: command not found

Have you tried installing the bind-utils package, which includes the nslookup binary? — Wieland, Commented Oct 25, 2014 at 16:26

Franklin Piat · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-04 22:09:34Z

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The minimal install likely did not come with the bind-utils package, which I believe contains nslookup.

You can install bind-utils with:

sudo yum install bind-utils

In general, you can search for what package provides a command using the yum provides command:

sudo yum provides '*bin/nslookup'

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answered Oct 25, 2014 at 16:24

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Or if you don't know where the command should live, */nslookup.
– geedoubleya
Commented Oct 25, 2014 at 16:48
I get package bind-utils not found
– Black
Commented Jun 3, 2016 at 6:30
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@Black If you are using ubuntu, use apt-get install dnsutils -y instead.
– cizixs
Commented Mar 28, 2017 at 9:40
Also for Arch dnsutils
– JoKeR
Commented Jan 28, 2019 at 13:27
yum install bind-utils -y worked for me on amazon linux docker image
– Mithun Biswas
Commented May 2, 2022 at 10:54

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f4d0 · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-28 15:48:18Z

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For those using DEBIAN, the package to use is dnsutils and the installation process should be, initiated with:

sudo apt-get install dnsutils -y

According to other users it is the same for Ubuntu

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