How To Install daq-modules on CentOS 8

daq-modules is Dynamic DAQ modules

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install daq-modules on CentOS 8.

What is daq-modules

Dynamic DAQ modules.

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

Install daq-modules 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 daq-modules using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install daq-modules

Install daq-modules 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 daq-modules using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install daq-modules

How To Uninstall daq-modules on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the daq-modules package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove daq-modules

daq-modules Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/0cde15e9d3a4b3eba567eed08d2bf8b74b2ba1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9/5f643ff80b8cfd22544e1af5d852eac03d1e7d
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7/5c4100346bae85123f6386e6281e69f2dd0e9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef/aa81830d8ee459bfb49d7c2b538cd3c5789c38
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/eaf8f7669dfe233bc57727379c52dabeef6152
/usr/lib64/daq
/usr/lib64/daq/daq_afpacket.so
/usr/lib64/daq/daq_dump.so
/usr/lib64/daq/daq_ipfw.so
/usr/lib64/daq/daq_nfq.so
/usr/lib64/daq/daq_pcap.so
/usr/share/licenses/daq-modules
/usr/share/licenses/daq-modules/COPYING

References

Summary

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