How To Install avahi-autoipd on CentOS 8

avahi-autoipd is Link-local IPv4 address automatic configuration daemon (IPv4LL)

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.