How To Install bgpdump on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install bgpdump on Rocky Linux 8. bgpdump is MRT file reader for handling BGP related data

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bgpdump on Rocky Linux 8.

What is bgpdump

Bgpdump translates (possibly compressed) binary MRT RIB dump files, e.g. produced by Zebra/Quagga, BIRD, OpenBGPD or PyRT, into human readable output. Publicly available MRT RIB dump files are e.g. supplied by the RIPE NCC routing information service (RIPE RIS).

We can use yum or dnf to install bgpdump on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bgpdump.

Install bgpdump on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install bgpdump

Install bgpdump on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install bgpdump

How To Uninstall bgpdump on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove bgpdump

bgpdump Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/bgpdump
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d/718e464b5324af845bc9d273d81b3c5fb8ad73

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bgpdump on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.