How To Install nispor on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install nispor on Rocky Linux 8. nispor is API for network status querying

Introduction

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

What is `nispor`

Unified interface for Linux network state querying.

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

Install nispor 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 nispor using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nispor

Install nispor 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 nispor using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nispor

How To Uninstall nispor on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove nispor

nispor Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/npc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/f27bcda3ab37cc036819cfeb40f7dbcf5f379c
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/2634ecff1d27d9f4754640845a63438b79b8eb
/usr/lib/libnispor.so.1
/usr/lib/libnispor.so.1.0.1
/usr/share/doc/nispor
/usr/share/doc/nispor/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/nispor/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/nispor/DEVEL.md
/usr/share/doc/nispor/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/nispor
/usr/share/licenses/nispor/LICENSE
/usr/bin/npc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/46
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/f6e3b021ed42d5e435c95e49515a49b24776a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/0284452987b147eba5dce0ea86f29dbabb993b
/usr/lib64/libnispor.so.1
/usr/lib64/libnispor.so.1.0.1
/usr/share/doc/nispor
/usr/share/doc/nispor/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/nispor/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/nispor/DEVEL.md
/usr/share/doc/nispor/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/nispor
/usr/share/licenses/nispor/LICENSE

References

nispor website

Summary

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