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Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%
brew install c-ares

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%
sudo port install c-ares

MacPorts ports tree · net/c-ares/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%
sudo apk add c-ares

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · c-ares · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%
sudo dnf install c-ares

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · c-ares · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverifiziert · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#c-ares

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/c-/c-ares/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%
sudo pacman -S c-ares

Arch Linux sync databases · c-ares · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Debian aptverifiziert · 92%
sudo apt install libc-ares-dev

Debian stable package indexes · libc-ares-dev · Quelle: deb.debian.org

openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%
sudo zypper install c-ares-devel

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · c-ares-devel · Quelle: download.opensuse.org

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Asynchronous DNS library

Befehle und Aliase

  • adig
  • ahost

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

c-ares is an MIT-licensed C library for asynchronous DNS resolution. It grew out of Daniel Stenberg's search for a non-blocking resolver suitable for libcurl and became a long-lived dependency for network software that cannot afford blocking name lookups.

Projektgeschichte

The official `why` page explains that Daniel Stenberg looked for an asynchronous DNS resolver for libcurl, found the older ares library, began expanding it, and forked when the original author would not accept the needed changes. That fork became c-ares.

The project still acknowledges ares as the public API influence while noting that the code no longer closely resembles the original. Its README now describes c-ares as a modern DNS stub resolver written in C with asynchronous interfaces, portability across Unix, Windows, mobile, and other systems, and active maintenance after more than 20 years.

Recent project materials emphasize security practice as much as asynchronous lookup: safe parsers and builders, static and dynamic analysis, OSS-Fuzz coverage, signed releases, and SLSA provenance for release artifacts.

Adoptionsgeschichte

c-ares adoption started from libcurl's need for DNS lookups that could integrate with event-driven network code. From there it spread into software that needs many DNS queries in parallel or wants resolver behavior independent from a platform's blocking libc calls.

Its package-manager footprint is broad: Homebrew, Debian and Ubuntu development packages, Fedora, Alpine, Arch, MacPorts, Nix, and openSUSE all package it. That breadth reflects its status as a library dependency more than an end-user command, although tools such as `adig` and `ahost` are installed with some packages.

Wie es verwendet wird

Developers link against c-ares to issue asynchronous DNS queries through non-blocking sockets and integrate DNS work into event loops. The official docs include initialization APIs such as `ares_init_options` and resolver configuration behavior.

On Unix-like systems c-ares reads resolver environment from standard system files such as `/etc/resolv.conf` and `/etc/hosts`, matching the package's curated config-file locations.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

c-ares is one of those packages users may never invoke directly but build systems constantly care about. It is a small C library whose ABI, headers, pkg-config metadata, and security updates affect curl-like networking stacks across distributions.

For package nerds, it is also a clean example of a library fork becoming infrastructure: born from a specific libcurl need, preserved for API/ABI stability, and now maintained with modern supply-chain signals such as signed releases and SLSA provenance.

Zeitleiste

  • Early 2000s: Daniel Stenberg searches for an asynchronous DNS resolver for libcurl and forks from ares to create c-ares.
  • 2004: Early tags such as `c-ares-1_2_0` appear in the upstream repository history.
  • 2010s: c-ares remains a common packaged dependency for asynchronous DNS in C networking software.
  • 2024: The project site describes more than 20 years of active maintenance and modern DNS RFC support.
  • 2025: The official site publishes c-ares 1.34.6 as a signed release with release provenance.

Related projects

  • libcurl is the motivating user described by the official history page.
  • ares is the older resolver library from which c-ares forked.
  • ADNS, UDNS, FireDNS, Mozilla netlib, djbdns, and other resolver libraries are discussed by the c-ares project as alternatives or contemporaries.

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: blue

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Risikoklassifikator

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Warum

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signale

  • text:sync

Installationsverhalten

  • In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
  • Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 6 Plattformziele verfügbar.
  • Build-Metadaten listen 1 Build-Abhängigkeiten.

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local files

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Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
/etc/resolv.conf/etc/hosts

Executables

Installierte Executables

BefehlArtSichtbarkeitHinweis
adigcliglobales Executable
ahostcliglobales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

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Seite generiert2026-07-10
Manager-Version1.34.8
Manager aktualisiert2026-07-08
lokale DatenOK
Upstreamnot checked
neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüsselbrew:c-ares
Version1.34.8
PaketmanagerHomebrew
Paketmanager-Seitehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/c-ares
Homepagehttps://c-ares.org/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/c-ares/c-ares
Upstream-Dokumentationhttps://c-ares.org/docs.html
LizenzMIT
Quellarchivhttps://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/releases/download/v1.34.8/c-ares-1.34.8.tar.gz
Zuletzt aktualisiert2026-07-08T02:31:43Z
Pulseupdated
Build-Abhängigkeitencmake
Bottleverfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnicht definiert
Dienstkeiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namec-ares
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

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Debian apt95%

libc-ares-dev 1.34.5-1+deb13u1

asynchronous name resolver - development files

https://c-ares.org/

sudo apt install libc-ares-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: c-ares
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: C Ares
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libc-ares-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libc-ares2 1.34.5-1+deb13u1

transitional package

https://c-ares.org/

sudo apt install libc-ares2
  • Section: oldlibs
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: c-ares
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: C Ares
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libc-ares2 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libcares2 1.34.5-1+deb13u1

asynchronous name resolver

https://c-ares.org/

sudo apt install libcares2
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: c-ares
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: C Ares
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libcares2 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

c-ares

nix profile install nixpkgs#c-ares
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: C Ares
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/c-/c-ares/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

libc-ares-dev 1.27.0-1.0ubuntu1

asynchronous name resolver - development files

https://c-ares.org/

sudo apt install libc-ares-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: c-ares
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: C Ares
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libc-ares-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libcares2 1.27.0-1.0ubuntu1

asynchronous name resolver

https://c-ares.org/

sudo apt install libcares2
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: c-ares
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: C Ares
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libcares2 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

c-ares 1.34.6-r0

Asynchronous DNS/names resolver library

https://c-ares.org/

sudo apk add c-ares
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: c-ares
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: C Ares
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: c-ares from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

c-ares-dev 1.34.6-r0

Asynchronous DNS/names resolver library (development files)

https://c-ares.org/

sudo apk add c-ares-dev
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: c-ares
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: C Ares
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: c-ares-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

c-ares-doc 1.34.6-r0

Asynchronous DNS/names resolver library (documentation)

https://c-ares.org/

sudo apk add c-ares-doc
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: c-ares
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: C Ares
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: c-ares-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

c-ares-utils 1.34.6-r0

Asynchronous DNS/names resolver library

https://c-ares.org/

sudo apk add c-ares-utils
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: c-ares
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: C Ares
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: c-ares-utils from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

c-ares 1.34.6-3.fc44

A library that performs asynchronous DNS operations

http://c-ares.org/

sudo dnf install c-ares
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: c-ares
  • 2 Abhängigkeiten
  • 2 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: C Ares
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: c-ares from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

c-ares-devel 1.34.6-3.fc44

Development files for c-ares

http://c-ares.org/

sudo dnf install c-ares-devel
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: c-ares
  • 4 Abhängigkeiten
  • 3 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: C Ares
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: c-ares-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
pacman95%

c-ares 1.34.6-1

A C library for asynchronous DNS requests

https://c-ares.org/

sudo pacman -S c-ares
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: C Ares
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: c-ares from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

c-ares-devel 1.34.6-1.3

Development files for c-ares

https://c-ares.org/

sudo zypper install c-ares-devel
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: c-ares
  • 3 Abhängigkeiten
  • 4 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: C Ares
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: c-ares-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

c-ares-utils 1.34.6-1.3

Tools for asynchronous name resolves

https://c-ares.org/

sudo zypper install c-ares-utils
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: c-ares
  • 2 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: C Ares
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: c-ares-utils from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

libcares2 1.34.6-1.3

Library for asynchronous name resolves

https://c-ares.org/

sudo zypper install libcares2
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: c-ares
  • 4 Abhängigkeiten
  • 2 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: C Ares
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libcares2 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

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