How To Install iputils-ninfod on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install iputils-ninfod on Rocky Linux 8.
What is iputils-ninfod
Node Information Query (RFC4620) daemon. Responds to IPv6 Node Information Queries.
We can use yum or dnf to install iputils-ninfod on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install iputils-ninfod.
Install iputils-ninfod 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 iputils-ninfod using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install iputils-ninfod
Install iputils-ninfod 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 iputils-ninfod using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install iputils-ninfod
How To Uninstall iputils-ninfod on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the iputils-ninfod package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove iputils-ninfod
iputils-ninfod Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/71
/usr/lib/.build-id/71/bc776a58ec1417dc87f4bf8722f263fdfcd116
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ninfod.service
/usr/sbin/ninfod
/usr/share/man/man8/ninfod.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install iputils-ninfod on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
