How To Install ethtool on CentOS 8

ethtool is Settings tool for Ethernet NICs Settings tool for Ethernet NICs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ethtool on CentOS 8.

What is ethtool

This utility allows querying and changing settings such as speed, port, auto-negotiation, PCI locations and checksum offload on many network devices, especially of Ethernet devices. ethtool 2 5.8 5.el8 x86_64 206 k ethtool-5.8-5.el8.src.rpm baseos Settings tool for Ethernet NICs https GPLv2 This utility allows querying and changing settings such as speed, port, auto-negotiation, PCI locations and checksum offload on many network devices, especially of Ethernet devices.

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

Install ethtool 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 ethtool using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ethtool

Install ethtool 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 ethtool using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ethtool

How To Uninstall ethtool on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the ethtool package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ethtool

ethtool Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/51
/usr/lib/.build-id/51/2aad4ee18a973c11558e32fa92db8dbc878ab3
/usr/sbin/ethtool
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/ethtool
/usr/share/doc/ethtool
/usr/share/doc/ethtool/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/ethtool/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/ethtool/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/ethtool/README
/usr/share/licenses/ethtool
/usr/share/licenses/ethtool/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/ethtool/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man8/ethtool.8.gz

References

Summary

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