How To Install dhcp-common on CentOS 8

dhcp-common is Common files used by ISC dhcp client, server and relay agent Common files used by ISC dhcp client, server and relay agent

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcp-common on CentOS 8.

What is dhcp-common

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a protocol which allows individual devices on an IP network to get their own network configuration information (IP address, subnetmask, broadcast address, etc.) from a DHCP server. The overall purpose of DHCP is to make it easier to administer a large network. This package provides common files used by dhcp and dhclient package. dhcp-common 12 4.3.6 44.0.1.el8 noarch 207 k dhcp-4.3.6-44.0.1.el8.src.rpm baseos Common files used by ISC dhcp client, server and relay agent http ISC DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a protocol which allows individual devices on an IP network to get their own network configuration information (IP address, subnetmask, broadcast address, etc.) from a DHCP server. The overall purpose of DHCP is to make it easier to administer a large network. This package provides common files used by dhcp and dhclient package.

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

Install dhcp-common 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 dhcp-common using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dhcp-common

Install dhcp-common 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 dhcp-common using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dhcp-common

How To Uninstall dhcp-common on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the dhcp-common package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dhcp-common

dhcp-common Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/doc/dhcp-common
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-common/README
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-common/RELNOTES
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-common/References.txt
/usr/share/licenses/dhcp-common
/usr/share/licenses/dhcp-common/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man5/dhcp-eval.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/dhcp-options.5.gz

References

Summary

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