How To Install avahi-autoipd on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install avahi-autoipd on CentOS 8.
What is avahi-autoipd
avahi-autoipd implements IPv4LL, “Dynamic Configuration of IPv4 Link-Local Addresses” (IETF RFC3927), a protocol for automatic IP address configuration from the link-local 169.254.0.0/16 range without the need for a central server. It is primarily intended to be used in ad-hoc networks which lack a DHCP server.
We can use yum or dnf to install avahi-autoipd on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install avahi-autoipd.
Install avahi-autoipd on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install avahi-autoipd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install avahi-autoipd
Install avahi-autoipd on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install avahi-autoipd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install avahi-autoipd
How To Uninstall avahi-autoipd on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the avahi-autoipd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove avahi-autoipd
avahi-autoipd Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/avahi/avahi-autoipd.action
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/41
/usr/lib/.build-id/41/07d28ad902e5186b570ac92ae22e35e2f90fb2
/usr/sbin/avahi-autoipd
/usr/share/man/man8/avahi-autoipd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/avahi-autoipd.action.8.gz
/var/lib/avahi-autoipd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install avahi-autoipd on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.