How To Install dhcp-client on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcp-client
on Fedora 36.
What is dhcp-client
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a protocol which allows individual devices on an IP network to get their own network configuration information (IP address, subnetmask, broadcast address, etc.) from a DHCP server. The overall purpose of DHCP is to make it easier to administer a large network. This package provides the ISC DHCP client.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install dhcp-client
on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dhcp-client.
Install dhcp-client on Fedora 36 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install dhcp-client
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dhcp-client
Install dhcp-client on Fedora 36 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install dhcp-client
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dhcp-client
How To Uninstall dhcp-client on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the dhcp-client
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dhcp-client
dhcp-client Package Contents on Fedora 36
/etc/dhcp
/etc/dhcp/dhclient.d
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/35
/usr/lib/.build-id/35/cf4509df131876936290c1aca5fff62fc0832c
/usr/lib/NetworkManager
/usr/lib/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d
/usr/lib/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/11-dhclient
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/sleep.d/56dhclient
/usr/sbin/dhclient
/usr/sbin/dhclient-script
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-client
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-client/README.dhclient.d
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-client/dhclient-enter-hooks
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-client/dhclient.conf.example
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-client/dhclient6.conf.example
/usr/share/man/man5/dhclient.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/dhclient.leases.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dhclient-script.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dhclient.8.gz
/var/lib/dhclient
/etc/dhcp
/etc/dhcp/dhclient.d
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba/9fc2644541c005d676c74940380f08c41c22db
/usr/lib/NetworkManager
/usr/lib/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d
/usr/lib/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/11-dhclient
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/sleep.d/56dhclient
/usr/sbin/dhclient
/usr/sbin/dhclient-script
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-client
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-client/README.dhclient.d
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-client/dhclient-enter-hooks
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-client/dhclient.conf.example
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-client/dhclient6.conf.example
/usr/share/man/man5/dhclient.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/dhclient.leases.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dhclient-script.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dhclient.8.gz
/var/lib/dhclient
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcp-client
on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).