How To Install bgpq4 on CentOS 8

bgpq4 is Automate BGP filter generation based on routing database information

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bgpq4 on CentOS 8.

What is `bgpq4`

The bgpq4 utility can be used to generate BGP filter configurations such as prefix lists, (extended) access lists, policy statement terms and AS path lists based on routing database information and supports output formats for BIRD, Cisco, Huawei, Juniper, MikroTik, Nokia and OpenBGPD routers as well as generic JSON.

We can use yum or dnf to install bgpq4 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bgpq4.

Install bgpq4 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 bgpq4 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bgpq4

Install bgpq4 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 bgpq4 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bgpq4

How To Uninstall bgpq4 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the bgpq4 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove bgpq4

bgpq4 Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/bgpq4
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a/5baf9bf89150fdd391207f72a82d3656c087f8
/usr/share/doc/bgpq4
/usr/share/doc/bgpq4/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/bgpq4/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/bgpq4
/usr/share/licenses/bgpq4/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/man/man8/bgpq4.8.gz

References

bgpq4 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bgpq4 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.