How to get latest version of DiG?

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After wanting to check some DNS records, I realized that my current version (9.8.3-P1) of DiG, that shipped with Mac OS X (El Capitan 10.11.6), does not support the RR type I need.

So now I am looking to get an up-to-date version that I can run on my system. Now my question is, where can I get the current version of the tool? I know that on most Linux distros it's shipped with the dnsutils package, but I have no idea about Mac OS X. If necessary, I am willing to compile it myself, but I haven't found the source files yet.

MacPorts has a dig-like tool called "drill", part of the "ldns" package: https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/blob/master/net/ldns/Portfile — jimtut, Jan 18 '17 at 20:51

Ahmed farag mostafa · Answer 1 · 2018-08-16T11:52:02.060

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as dig is a part of bind package just install bind then you will be able to use dig on mac:-

   brew install bind

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answered May 14 '18 at 22:58

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 19 '17 at 19:41

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dig is part of the BIND software suite. You can get the latest from the ISC.

Edited: https://www.isc.org/downloads/bind/

edited Jan 19 '17 at 19:41

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answered Jan 19 '17 at 06:22

Zeno of Elea

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This would be more useful if you provided an actual link. – fixer1234 Jan 19 '17 at 06:50
Links have a tendency to become invalid after awhile that a why I didn't include one but the freshest link to the isc.org software via ftp is http://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/ – Zeno of Elea Jan 19 '17 at 19:32
But can I install `dig` without installing the DNS server too? – comfreak Jan 25 '17 at 17:34
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@comfreak Just do not start it. `brew info bind` shows you more details – lony Nov 10 '18 at 17:43

How to get latest version of DiG?

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