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title: Install ddclient on Red Hat Enterprise Linux using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of ddclient for on Red Hat Enterprise Linux -
  Update dynamic DNS entries for accounts on dynamic DNS services.
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/ddclient-snap/rhel
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# Install ddclient on **Red Hat Enterprise Linux**

# ddclient (ddclient-snap)

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#### Update dynamic DNS entries for accounts on dynamic DNS services.

Dynamic DNS services currently supported include:

# DynDNS.com - See <http://www.dyndns.com> for details on obtaining a free account.
# Zoneedit - See <http://www.zoneedit.com> for details.
# EasyDNS - See <http://www.easydns.com> for details.
# NameCheap - See <http://www.namecheap.com> for details
# DslReports - See <http://www.dslreports.com> for details
# Sitelutions - See <http://www.sitelutions.com> for details
# Loopia - See <http://www.loopia.se> for details
# Noip - See <http://www.noip.com/> for details
# Freedns - See <http://freedns.afraid.org/> for details
# ChangeIP - See <http://www.changeip.com/> for details
# nsupdate - See nsupdate(1) and ddns-confgen(8) for details
# CloudFlare - See <https://www.cloudflare.com/> for details
# Google - See <http://www.google.com/domains> for details
# Duckdns - See <https://duckdns.org/> for details
# Freemyip - See <https://freemyip.com> for details
# woima.fi - See <https://woima.fi/> for details
# Yandex - See <https://domain.yandex.com/> for details
# DNS Made Easy - See <https://dnsmadeeasy.com/> for details
# DonDominio - See <https://www.dondominio.com> for details
# NearlyFreeSpeech.net - See <https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/services/dns> for details
# OVH - See <https://www.ovh.com> for details
# ClouDNS - See <https://www.cloudns.net>
# dinahosting - See <https://dinahosting.com>
# Gandi - See <https://gandi.net>

DDclient now supports many of cable/dsl broadband routers.

See official read me at <https://git.giaever.org/joachimmg/ddclient-snap> for usage and help.

Comments, suggestions and requests: use the issues on <https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient/issues/new>

The code was originally written by Paul Burry and is now hosted and maintained through github.com. Please check out <http://ddclient.net>

### Package name

* ddclient-snap

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### License

* GPL-2.0+

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### Last updated

* 4 February 2024 - latest/stable
* 19 January 2025 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [git.giaever.org](https://git.giaever.org/joachimmg/ddclient-snap "https://git.giaever.org/joachimmg/ddclient-snap")

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* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/ddclient-snap/rhel#report-snap-modal)

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## Enable snaps on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and install ddclient

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

Snap is available for [Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8](https://www.redhat.com/en/enterprise-linux-8) and RHEL 7, from the 7.6 release onward.

The packages for RHEL 7, RHEL 8, and RHEL 9 are in each distribution’s respective [Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL) (EPEL) repository. The instructions for adding this repository diverge slightly between RHEL 7, RHEL 8 and RHEL 9, which is why they’re listed separately below.

The EPEL repository can be added to **RHEL 9** with the following command:

```
sudo dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm
sudo dnf upgrade
```

The EPEL repository can be added to **RHEL 8** with the following command:

```
sudo dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
sudo dnf upgrade
```

The EPEL repository can be added to **RHEL 7** with the following command:

```
sudo rpm -ivh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
```

Adding the *optional* and *extras* repositories is also recommended:

```
sudo subscription-manager repos --enable "rhel-*-optional-rpms" --enable "rhel-*-extras-rpms"
sudo yum update
```

Snap can now be installed as follows:

```
sudo yum install snapd
```

Once installed, the *systemd* unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled:

```
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket
```

To enable *classic* snap support, enter the following to create a symbolic link between `/var/lib/snapd/snap` and `/snap`:

```
sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap
```

Either log out and back in again or restart your system to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install ddclient

To install ddclient, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install ddclient-snap
```

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