How To Install iptables-arptables on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install iptables-arptables
on Rocky Linux 8.
What is iptables-arptables
The arptables tool is used to set up and maintain the tables of ARP rules in the Linux kernel. These rules inspect the ARP frames which they see. arptables is analogous to the iptables user space tool, but is less complicated. Note replacement of the legacy tool.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install iptables-arptables
on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install iptables-arptables.
Install iptables-arptables 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 iptables-arptables
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install iptables-arptables
Install iptables-arptables 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 iptables-arptables
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install iptables-arptables
How To Uninstall iptables-arptables on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the iptables-arptables
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove iptables-arptables
iptables-arptables Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/sysconfig/arptables
/usr/lib/systemd/system/arptables.service
/usr/libexec/arptables-helper
/usr/sbin/arptables
/usr/sbin/arptables-restore
/usr/sbin/arptables-save
/usr/share/man/man8/arptables-nft-restore.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/arptables-nft-save.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/arptables-nft.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/arptables-restore.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/arptables-save.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/arptables.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install iptables-arptables
on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.