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Install and uninstall dnsmasq.md

Install

brew install dnsmasq
cp /usr/local/opt/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.conf.example /usr/local/etc/dnsmasq.conf now this is automatically done by the dnsmasq installation
Replace this in /usr/local/etc/dnsmasq.conf file:

address=/test/127.0.0.1
listen-address=127.0.0.1

sudo mkdir -v /etc/resolver
sudo touch /etc/resolver/test
sudo bash -c 'echo "nameserver 127.0.0.1" > /etc/resolver/test'
sudo brew services start dnsmasq
Restart your Mac to make it work

Uninstall

sudo brew services stop dnsmasq
rm -f /usr/local/etc/dnsmasq.conf
sudo rm -rf /etc/resolver
brew uninstall --force dnsmasq

khattaksd commented Dec 2, 2024

Thank you for the gist.
Note: permissions issue fixed like so:

problem:
 brew uninstall --force dnsmasq
 - Uninstalling dnsmasq... (7 files, 536.0KB)
 - Error: Could not remove dnsmasq keg! Do so manually:
 
fix:
sudo chown -R "$USER":admin /opt/homebrew/Cellar/dnsmasq/
brew uninstall --force dnsmasq
 - Uninstalling dnsmasq... (7 files, 536.0KB)

Author

ricardoaguiar commented Dec 2, 2024

Thank you for the update.

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