How to Install Bind Utilities on Fedora 16

Question :
When i try to test mx record using host command and other bind utility command such as nslookup, i get this error :

[root@fedora16 ~]# host -t mx fedora16.local
-bash: host: command not found

Solution :
BIND Utilities is not a separate package, it is a collection of the client side programs that are included with BIND-9. The BIND package includes the client side programs nslookup, dig and host.

Simply run the following command to install bind-utils on Fedora 16 :

[root@fedora16 ~]# yum install bind-utils -y

Examples :

[root@fedora16 ~]# yum install bind-utils -y
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package bind-utils.i686 32:9.8.2-1.fc16 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

====================================================================================================
 Package                 Arch              Version                       Repository            Size
====================================================================================================
Installing:
 bind-utils              i686              32:9.8.2-1.fc16               updates              179 k

Transaction Summary
====================================================================================================
Install       1 Package

Total download size: 179 k
Installed size: 411 k
Downloading Packages:
bind-utils-9.8.2-1.fc16.i686.rpm                                             | 179 kB     00:01
Running Transaction Check
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Installing : 32:bind-utils-9.8.2-1.fc16.i686                                                  1/1

Installed:
  bind-utils.i686 32:9.8.2-1.fc16

Complete!

Test DNS using host command example :

[root@fedora16 ~]# host -t mx fedora16.local
fedora16.local mail is handled by 10 mail.fedora16.local.

Test DNS using nslookup command example:

[root@fedora16 ~]# nslookup
> ns.fedora16.local
Server:         127.0.0.1
Address:        127.0.0.1#53

Name:   ns.fedora16.local
Address: 192.168.1.47
> mail.fedora16.local
Server:         127.0.0.1
Address:        127.0.0.1#53

Name:   mail.fedora16.local
Address: 192.168.1.51

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