How To Install tftp on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install tftp on Rocky Linux 8. tftp is The client for the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)

Introduction

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

What is tftp

The Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is normally used only for booting diskless workstations. The tftp package provides the user interface for TFTP, which allows users to transfer files to and from a remote machine. This program and TFTP provide very little security, and should not be enabled unless it is expressly needed.

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

Install tftp 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 tftp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tftp

Install tftp 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 tftp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tftp

How To Uninstall tftp on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove tftp

tftp Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/tftp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/bf46fd0b94dfbefd81c56172161dd7a2dfdf84
/usr/share/doc/tftp
/usr/share/doc/tftp/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/tftp/README
/usr/share/doc/tftp/README.security
/usr/share/man/man1/tftp.1.gz

References

Summary

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