How To Install libnet-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnet-devel.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libnet-devel.x86_64 is Development files for the libnet library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnet-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is libnet-devel.x86_64

The libnet-devel package includes header files and libraries necessary for developing programs which use the libnet library. Libnet is very handy with which to write network tools and network test code. See the manpage and sample test code for more detailed information.

We can use yum to install libnet-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libnet-devel.x86_64.

Install libnet-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libnet-devel.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libnet-devel.x86_64

How To Uninstall libnet-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libnet-devel.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libnet-devel.x86_64

libnet-devel.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/libnet-config
/usr/include/libnet
/usr/include/libnet.h
/usr/include/libnet/libnet-asn1.h
/usr/include/libnet/libnet-functions.h
/usr/include/libnet/libnet-headers.h
/usr/include/libnet/libnet-macros.h
/usr/include/libnet/libnet-structures.h
/usr/include/libnet/libnet-types.h
/usr/lib64/libnet.so
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/CONTRIB
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/DESIGN_NOTES
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/MIGRATION
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/PACKET_BUILDING
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/RAWSOCKET_NON_SEQUITUR
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/TODO
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/html
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/html/bc_s.png
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/html/closed.png
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/html/doxygen.css
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/html/doxygen.png
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/html/files.html
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/html/globals.html
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/html/globals_defs.html
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/html/globals_func.html
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/html/index.html
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/html/libnet-asn1_8h_source.html
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/html/libnet-functions_8h.html
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/html/libnet-functions_8h_source.html
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/html/libnet-macros_8h.html
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/html/libnet-macros_8h_source.html
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/html/libnet-structures_8h_source.html
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/html/libnet-types_8h_source.html
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/html/libnet_8h.html
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/html/libnet_8h_source.html
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/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/html/open.png
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/html/tab_a.png
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/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/arp.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/bgp4_hdr.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/bgp4_notification.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/bgp4_open.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/bgp4_update.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/cdp.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/dhcp_discover.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/dns.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/dot1x.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/fddi_tcp1.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/fddi_tcp2.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/get_addr.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/gre.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/hsrp.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/icmp6_echoreq.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/icmp6_unreach.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/icmp_echo_cq.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/icmp_redirect.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/icmp_timeexceed.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/icmp_timestamp.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/icmp_unreach.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/ieee.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/ip_link.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/ip_raw.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/isl.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/libnet_test.h
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/mpls.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/ntp.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/ospf_hello.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/ospf_lsa.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/ping_of_death.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/rpc_tcp.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/rpc_udp.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/sebek.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/smurf.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/stp.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/synflood.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/synflood6.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/synflood6_frag.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/tcp1.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/tcp2.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/test_ipv4.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/test_ipv4_options.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/test_ipv6_icmpv4.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/tftp.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/tring_tcp1.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/tring_tcp2.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/udp1.c
/usr/share/doc/libnet-devel-1.1.6/sample/udp2.c
/usr/share/man/man3/libnet-functions.h.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/libnet-macros.h.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/libnet.h.3.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnet-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.