How To Install bifcl on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bifcl on CentOS 8.
What is bifcl
The bifcl program simply takes a .bif file as input and generates C++ header/source files along with a .bro script that all-together provide the declaration and implementation of Bro/Zeek built-in-functions (BIFs), which can then be compiled and shipped ss part of a Bro/Zeek plugin. A BIF allows one to write arbitrary C++ code and access it via a function call inside a Bro script. In this way, they can also be used to access parts of Bro/Zeek’s internal C++ API that aren’t already exposed via their own BIFs. At the moment, learning the format of a .bif file is likely easiest by just taking a look at the .bif files inside the Bro/Zeek source-tree.
We can use yum or dnf to install bifcl on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bifcl.
Install bifcl 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 bifcl using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bifcl
Install bifcl 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 bifcl using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bifcl
How To Uninstall bifcl on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the bifcl package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bifcl
bifcl Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/bifcl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/394dbfd82c1438b07624bc1c18b98c337d335e
/usr/share/doc/bifcl
/usr/share/doc/bifcl/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/bifcl/README
/usr/share/licenses/bifcl
/usr/share/licenses/bifcl/COPYING
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bifcl on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.