How To Install dhtest on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dhtest
on Fedora 34.
What is dhtest
It can simulate multiple DHCP clients behind a network device. It can help in testing the DHCP servers or in testing switch/router by loading the device with multiple DHCP clients.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install dhtest
on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dhtest.
Install dhtest 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 dhtest
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dhtest
Install dhtest 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 dhtest
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dhtest
How To Uninstall dhtest on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the dhtest
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dhtest
dhtest Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/dhtest
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/46
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/b00ccc83989d06c052302ab35443cc5139ae92
/usr/share/doc/dhtest
/usr/share/doc/dhtest/README.txt
/usr/share/licenses/dhtest
/usr/share/licenses/dhtest/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dhtest
on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.