How To Install dhtest on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dhtest on CentOS 8.
What is dhtest
It can simulate multiple DHCP clients behind a network device. It can help in testing the DHCP servers or in testing switch/router by loading the device with multiple DHCP clients.
We can use yum or dnf to install dhtest on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dhtest.
Install dhtest 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 dhtest using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dhtest
Install dhtest 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 dhtest using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dhtest
How To Uninstall dhtest on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the dhtest package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dhtest
dhtest Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/dhtest
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/37
/usr/lib/.build-id/37/eb090e54d87e452758d58f9306bb9db41a23dc
/usr/share/doc/dhtest
/usr/share/doc/dhtest/README.txt
/usr/share/licenses/dhtest
/usr/share/licenses/dhtest/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dhtest on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.