How To Install libnetfilter_queue on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetfilter_queue on Rocky Linux 8.
What is libnetfilter_queue
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 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libnetfilter_queue.
Install libnetfilter_queue 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 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libnetfilter_queue
Install libnetfilter_queue 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 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libnetfilter_queue
How To Uninstall libnetfilter_queue on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the libnetfilter_queue package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libnetfilter_queue
libnetfilter_queue Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e/059e78e2a1d3b94bac308d14bc6af9046eed55
/usr/lib64/libnetfilter_queue.so.1
/usr/lib64/libnetfilter_queue.so.1.5.0
/usr/share/doc/libnetfilter_queue
/usr/share/doc/libnetfilter_queue/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/e2b9cd916b8042e49f812e142390e303bbd559
/usr/lib/libnetfilter_queue.so.1
/usr/lib/libnetfilter_queue.so.1.5.0
/usr/share/doc/libnetfilter_queue
/usr/share/doc/libnetfilter_queue/COPYING
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetfilter_queue on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
