How To Install ahcpd on Fedora 34

ahcpd is Ad-hoc network configuration daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ahcpd on Fedora 34.

What is ahcpd

AHCP is a configuration protocol that can replace DHCP on networks without transitive connectivity, such as mesh networks.

We can use yum or dnf to install ahcpd on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ahcpd.

Install ahcpd on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install ahcpd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ahcpd

Install ahcpd on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install ahcpd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ahcpd

How To Uninstall ahcpd on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the ahcpd package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ahcpd

ahcpd Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/ahcp
/etc/ahcp/ahcp-config.sh
/etc/ahcpd.conf
/etc/logrotate.d/ahcpd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/11
/usr/lib/.build-id/11/6cd49f486711f82a51ddc41557b7bbfd3337a3
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ahcpd.service
/usr/sbin/ahcpd
/usr/share/doc/ahcpd
/usr/share/doc/ahcpd/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/ahcpd/LICENCE
/usr/share/doc/ahcpd/README
/usr/share/man/man8/ahcpd.8.gz
/var/log/ahcpd.log

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ahcpd on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.