How To Install slirp4netns on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install slirp4netns on Rocky Linux 8. slirp4netns is slirp for network namespaces

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install slirp4netns on Rocky Linux 8.

What is slirp4netns

slirp for network namespaces, without copying buffers across the namespaces.

We can use yum or dnf to install slirp4netns on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install slirp4netns.

Install slirp4netns 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 slirp4netns using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install slirp4netns

Install slirp4netns 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 slirp4netns using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install slirp4netns

How To Uninstall slirp4netns on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the slirp4netns package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove slirp4netns

slirp4netns Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/slirp4netns
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c/2b4647cd73e7afe96682a1e8ffa6ec8d40634c
/usr/share/doc/slirp4netns
/usr/share/doc/slirp4netns/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/slirp4netns
/usr/share/licenses/slirp4netns/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/slirp4netns.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install slirp4netns on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.