How To Install bridge-utils on CentOS 8

bridge-utils is Utilities for configuring the linux ethernet bridge

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bridge-utils on CentOS 8.

What is bridge-utils

This package contains utilities for configuring the linux ethernet bridge. The linux ethernet bridge can be used for connecting multiple ethernet devices together. The connecting is fully transparent connected to one ethernet device see hosts connected to the other ethernet devices directly. Install bridge-utils if you want to use the linux ethernet bridge.

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

Install bridge-utils 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 bridge-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bridge-utils

Install bridge-utils 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 bridge-utils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bridge-utils

How To Uninstall bridge-utils on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the bridge-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove bridge-utils

bridge-utils Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b/5f4ed2362e972a9e27f203e70b4700e3242270
/usr/sbin/brctl
/usr/share/doc/bridge-utils
/usr/share/doc/bridge-utils/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/bridge-utils/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/bridge-utils/HOWTO
/usr/share/licenses/bridge-utils
/usr/share/licenses/bridge-utils/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/brctl.8.gz

References

Summary

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