Build and Install BIND9 Get it from ISC ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.3.1/bind-9.3.1.tar.gz It is basically very easy: just do: unpack -> configure -> make -> make install Configure named (some prefix)/named.conf file Set up rndc rndc-confgen save the output in "rndc.conf" copy the comment lines to named.conf