How To Install flow-tools on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install flow-tools in Fedora 36. flow-tools is Tool set for working with NetFlow data

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install flow-tools on Fedora 36.

What is flow-tools

Flow-tools is library and a collection of programs used to collect, send, process, and generate reports from NetFlow data. The tools can be used together on a single server or distributed to multiple servers for large deployments. The flow-toools library provides an API for development of custom applications for NetFlow export versions 1,5,6 and the 14 currently defined version 8 subversions. A Perl and Python interface have been contributed and are included in the distribution.

We can use yum or dnf to install flow-tools on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install flow-tools.

Install flow-tools 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 flow-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install flow-tools

Install flow-tools 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 flow-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install flow-tools

How To Uninstall flow-tools on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the flow-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove flow-tools

flow-tools Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/flow-tools
/etc/flow-tools/cfg
/etc/flow-tools/cfg/filter.cfg
/etc/flow-tools/cfg/map.cfg
/etc/flow-tools/cfg/mask.cfg
/etc/flow-tools/cfg/stat.cfg
/etc/flow-tools/cfg/tag.cfg
/etc/flow-tools/cfg/xlate.cfg
/etc/flow-tools/sym
/etc/flow-tools/sym/asn.sym
/etc/flow-tools/sym/ip-prot.sym
/etc/flow-tools/sym/ip-type.sym
/etc/flow-tools/sym/tag.sym
/etc/flow-tools/sym/tcp-port.sym
/etc/sysconfig/flow-capture
/usr/bin/flow-capture
/usr/bin/flow-cat
/usr/bin/flow-dscan
/usr/bin/flow-expire
/usr/bin/flow-export
/usr/bin/flow-fanout
/usr/bin/flow-filter
/usr/bin/flow-gen
/usr/bin/flow-header
/usr/bin/flow-import
/usr/bin/flow-mask
/usr/bin/flow-merge
/usr/bin/flow-nfilter
/usr/bin/flow-print
/usr/bin/flow-receive
/usr/bin/flow-report
/usr/bin/flow-rptfmt
/usr/bin/flow-send
/usr/bin/flow-split
/usr/bin/flow-stat
/usr/bin/flow-tag
/usr/bin/flow-xlate
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/10
/usr/lib/.build-id/10/a7c8883d19ca8ff17e42e826acd5f5f9cc0a80
/usr/lib/.build-id/17
/usr/lib/.build-id/17/c68aff19e4dcae6f5ffeae9f396f4e897ee375
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/d1cc1a6d943fee2c4638ec18129205cbe743f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/60333d5dd461c609de766dd5f4089469740472
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a/f2f51d16a1f4272a9476f5973a673a8101451a
/usr/lib/.build-id/22
/usr/lib/.build-id/22/ce0bac32f79c8c27d512f0dc151abe41cc5fb2
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/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/e1e5bd4fa7fa491208a39d0be7dc077a2f5732
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/791b7347b6016a429baa6f3a3a55712aeb4610
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/usr/lib/.build-id/c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5/c32c2d7fead5ce0b1ebe9837ae9f6e25b6a8ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd/331c9ab9e3d9cfe0e12f7d96b116055ddd7351
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1/0f22107faee433dcd7b7b10b169042bf851f92
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3/a7e522801acdaa91723396c1efd59ff6879096
/usr/lib/libft.so.0
/usr/lib/libft.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/systemd/system/flow-capture.service
/usr/share/doc/flow-tools
/usr/share/doc/flow-tools/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/flow-tools/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/flow-tools/README
/usr/share/doc/flow-tools/README.fork
/usr/share/flow-tools
/usr/share/flow-tools/asn2c
/usr/share/flow-tools/gasn
/usr/share/flow-tools/gprot
/usr/share/flow-tools/gserv
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-capture.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-cat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-dscan.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-expire.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-export.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-fanout.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-filter.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-gen.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-header.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-import.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-mask.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-merge.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-nfilter.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-print.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-receive.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-report.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-rptfmt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-send.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-split.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-stat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-tag.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-tools-examples.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-tools.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-xlate.1.gz
/var/flow-tools

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install flow-tools on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).

title: “How To Install flow-tools on Fedora 36” linkTitle: “flow-tools” type: “docs” description: “In this tutorial we learn how to install flow-tools in Fedora 36. flow-tools is Tool set for working with NetFlow data” date: “2022-08-17” lastmod: “2022-08-17” #image: /images/fedora/36/flow-tools-featured.png

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install flow-tools on Fedora 36.

What is flow-tools

Flow-tools is library and a collection of programs used to collect, send, process, and generate reports from NetFlow data. The tools can be used together on a single server or distributed to multiple servers for large deployments. The flow-toools library provides an API for development of custom applications for NetFlow export versions 1,5,6 and the 14 currently defined version 8 subversions. A Perl and Python interface have been contributed and are included in the distribution.

We can use yum or dnf to install flow-tools on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install flow-tools.

Install flow-tools 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 flow-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install flow-tools

Install flow-tools 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 flow-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install flow-tools

How To Uninstall flow-tools on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the flow-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove flow-tools

flow-tools Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/flow-tools
/etc/flow-tools/cfg
/etc/flow-tools/cfg/filter.cfg
/etc/flow-tools/cfg/map.cfg
/etc/flow-tools/cfg/mask.cfg
/etc/flow-tools/cfg/stat.cfg
/etc/flow-tools/cfg/tag.cfg
/etc/flow-tools/cfg/xlate.cfg
/etc/flow-tools/sym
/etc/flow-tools/sym/asn.sym
/etc/flow-tools/sym/ip-prot.sym
/etc/flow-tools/sym/ip-type.sym
/etc/flow-tools/sym/tag.sym
/etc/flow-tools/sym/tcp-port.sym
/etc/sysconfig/flow-capture
/usr/bin/flow-capture
/usr/bin/flow-cat
/usr/bin/flow-dscan
/usr/bin/flow-expire
/usr/bin/flow-export
/usr/bin/flow-fanout
/usr/bin/flow-filter
/usr/bin/flow-gen
/usr/bin/flow-header
/usr/bin/flow-import
/usr/bin/flow-mask
/usr/bin/flow-merge
/usr/bin/flow-nfilter
/usr/bin/flow-print
/usr/bin/flow-receive
/usr/bin/flow-report
/usr/bin/flow-rptfmt
/usr/bin/flow-send
/usr/bin/flow-split
/usr/bin/flow-stat
/usr/bin/flow-tag
/usr/bin/flow-xlate
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/05
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/8acd02a9d9e24f495876f8d2276557a0fc6679
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/f04bb4aa8c8c9e3ac20125a1b6a64c4f25dc2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/06
/usr/lib/.build-id/06/a3756e505b5a81327a4d0c6a93dd8a044953ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/630bfa00c5331975435fd382a5cf48a9c55b62
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d/9ba5164d4f03a6691c3855d85dc32b54c7c428
/usr/lib/.build-id/22
/usr/lib/.build-id/22/4e5c91127f5147558431c8fb0ee41bbddacd46
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/usr/lib/.build-id/51/f0f632b4ef3b4fb3407de45720e3acf50b3703
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/usr/lib/.build-id/57/fbcf302f330506867d3d8849e9499be620bb7a
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a/545605a900c337e6d8c816e09e5a40b5fb3ae7
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/usr/lib/.build-id/60/c58a43224c74bbffcf146480ea013b31d08c5f
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/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/5c30b0b47fa0eda7a1bc8f433e22afe817da6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/75bdc037ecf7d2d9e1d46000157e6313e32fc6
/usr/lib/systemd/system/flow-capture.service
/usr/lib64/libft.so.0
/usr/lib64/libft.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/flow-tools
/usr/share/doc/flow-tools/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/flow-tools/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/flow-tools/README
/usr/share/doc/flow-tools/README.fork
/usr/share/flow-tools
/usr/share/flow-tools/asn2c
/usr/share/flow-tools/gasn
/usr/share/flow-tools/gprot
/usr/share/flow-tools/gserv
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-capture.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-cat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-dscan.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-expire.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-export.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-fanout.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-filter.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-gen.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-header.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-import.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-mask.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-merge.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-nfilter.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-print.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-receive.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-report.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-rptfmt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-send.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-split.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-stat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-tag.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-tools-examples.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-tools.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flow-xlate.1.gz
/var/flow-tools

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install flow-tools on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).