How To Install libnetfilter_queue-devel on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetfilter_queue-devel on Rocky Linux 8.
What is libnetfilter_queue-devel
libnetfilter_queue is a userspace library providing an API to packets that have been queued by the kernel packet filter. It is is part of a system that deprecates the old ip_queue / libipq mechanism. libnetfilter_queue has been previously known as libnfnetlink_queue.
We can use yum or dnf to install libnetfilter_queue-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libnetfilter_queue-devel.
Install libnetfilter_queue-devel 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 libnetfilter_queue-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libnetfilter_queue-devel
Install libnetfilter_queue-devel 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 libnetfilter_queue-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libnetfilter_queue-devel
How To Uninstall libnetfilter_queue-devel on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the libnetfilter_queue-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libnetfilter_queue-devel
libnetfilter_queue-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/include/libnetfilter_queue
/usr/include/libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue.h
/usr/include/libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue_ipv4.h
/usr/include/libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue_ipv6.h
/usr/include/libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue_tcp.h
/usr/include/libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue_udp.h
/usr/include/libnetfilter_queue/linux_nfnetlink_queue.h
/usr/include/libnetfilter_queue/pktbuff.h
/usr/lib/libnetfilter_queue.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libnetfilter_queue.pc
/usr/include/libnetfilter_queue
/usr/include/libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue.h
/usr/include/libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue_ipv4.h
/usr/include/libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue_ipv6.h
/usr/include/libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue_tcp.h
/usr/include/libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue_udp.h
/usr/include/libnetfilter_queue/linux_nfnetlink_queue.h
/usr/include/libnetfilter_queue/pktbuff.h
/usr/lib64/libnetfilter_queue.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libnetfilter_queue.pc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetfilter_queue-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
