How To Install omping on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install omping on Rocky Linux 8. omping is Utility to test IP multicast functionality

Introduction

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

What is omping

Omping (Open Multicast Ping) is tool to test IP multicast functionality primarily in local network.

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

Install omping 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 omping using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install omping

Install omping 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 omping using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install omping

How To Uninstall omping on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove omping

omping Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/omping
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e/4a4e8c028a8fa9606e951d4e97a39444413fbc
/usr/share/doc/omping
/usr/share/doc/omping/AUTHORS
/usr/share/licenses/omping
/usr/share/licenses/omping/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/omping.8.gz

References

Summary

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