How To Install lnst-slave on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install lnst-slave in Fedora 36. lnst-slave is Linux Network Stack Test Slave Daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lnst-slave on Fedora 36.

What is `lnst-slave`

LNST slave is a daemon that waits for instructions from LNST controller. It is able to react to a variety of commands from the controller and act as a test node for executing network tests.

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

Install lnst-slave 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 lnst-slave using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lnst-slave

Install lnst-slave 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 lnst-slave using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lnst-slave

How To Uninstall lnst-slave on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the lnst-slave package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lnst-slave

lnst-slave Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/bash_completion.d/lnst-slave.bash
/etc/lnst-slave.conf
/usr/bin/lnst-slave
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lnst/Slave
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lnst/Slave/BridgeTool.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lnst/Slave/DevlinkManager.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lnst/Slave/InterfaceManager.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lnst/Slave/NetConfigCommon.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lnst/Slave/NetConfigDevice.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lnst/Slave/NetTestSlave.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lnst/Slave/NmConfigDevice.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lnst/Slave/SlaveSecSocket.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lnst/Slave/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lnst/Slave/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lnst/Slave/__pycache__/BridgeTool.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lnst/Slave/__pycache__/BridgeTool.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lnst/Slave/__pycache__/DevlinkManager.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lnst/Slave/__pycache__/DevlinkManager.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lnst/Slave/__pycache__/InterfaceManager.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lnst/Slave/__pycache__/InterfaceManager.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lnst/Slave/__pycache__/NetConfigCommon.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lnst/Slave/__pycache__/NetConfigCommon.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lnst/Slave/__pycache__/NetConfigDevice.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lnst/Slave/__pycache__/NetConfigDevice.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lnst/Slave/__pycache__/NetTestSlave.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lnst/Slave/__pycache__/NetTestSlave.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lnst/Slave/__pycache__/NmConfigDevice.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lnst/Slave/__pycache__/NmConfigDevice.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lnst/Slave/__pycache__/SlaveSecSocket.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lnst/Slave/__pycache__/SlaveSecSocket.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lnst/Slave/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lnst/Slave/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/systemd/system/lnst-slave.service
/usr/share/man/man1/lnst-slave.1.gz

References

lnst-slave website

Summary

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