How To Install libnet on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnet on Rocky Linux 8. libnet is C library for portable packet creation and injection

Introduction

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

What is libnet

Libnet is an API to help with the construction and handling of network packets. It provides a portable framework for low-level network packet writing and handling (use libnet in conjunction with libpcap and you can write some really cool stuff). Libnet includes packet creation at the IP layer and at the link layer as well as a host of supplementary and complementary functionality.

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

Install libnet 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 libnet using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libnet

Install libnet 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 libnet using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libnet

How To Uninstall libnet on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libnet

libnet Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/d87943c511b1cbf995c81c20c39e5e567b6b08
/usr/lib/libnet.so.1
/usr/lib/libnet.so.1.7.0
/usr/share/doc/libnet
/usr/share/doc/libnet/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/libnet/CONTRIB
/usr/share/doc/libnet/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libnet/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/1ccbd9fbf8787370576224d6c9c0aeff0973de
/usr/lib64/libnet.so.1
/usr/lib64/libnet.so.1.7.0
/usr/share/doc/libnet
/usr/share/doc/libnet/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/libnet/CONTRIB
/usr/share/doc/libnet/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libnet/README

References

Summary

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