How To Install libxdp on CentOS 8

libxdp is XDP helper library XDP helper library

Introduction

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

What is libxdp

The libxdp package contains the libxdp library for managing XDP programs, used by the xdp-tools package libxdp 1.1.1 2.el8 x86_64 72 k xdp-tools-1.1.1-2.el8.src.rpm appstream XDP helper library https GPLv2 The libxdp package contains the libxdp library for managing XDP programs, used by the xdp-tools package

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

Install libxdp 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 libxdp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libxdp

Install libxdp 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 libxdp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libxdp

How To Uninstall libxdp on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove libxdp

libxdp Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/d732d6b52599eb147fbcf13bf4572d37ccb40d
/usr/lib64/bpf/xdp-dispatcher.o
/usr/lib64/libxdp.so.1
/usr/lib64/libxdp.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/libxdp.so.1.1.0
/usr/share/man/man3/libxdp.3.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/de33bd76566fcecfeed9cb8276bc8ede3f9a25
/usr/lib/bpf/xdp-dispatcher.o
/usr/lib/libxdp.so.1
/usr/lib/libxdp.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/libxdp.so.1.1.0
/usr/share/man/man3/libxdp.3.gz

References

Summary

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