How To Install slirp4netns on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install slirp4netns on CentOS 8.
What is slirp4netns
slirp for network namespaces, without copying buffers across the namespaces.
We can use yum or dnf to install slirp4netns on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install slirp4netns.
Install slirp4netns 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 slirp4netns using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install slirp4netns
Install slirp4netns 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 slirp4netns using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install slirp4netns
How To Uninstall slirp4netns on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the slirp4netns package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove slirp4netns
slirp4netns Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/slirp4netns
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0/d1fa44706f49bcb22aa78316404b2b81fcfc87
/usr/share/doc/slirp4netns
/usr/share/doc/slirp4netns/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/slirp4netns
/usr/share/licenses/slirp4netns/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/slirp4netns.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install slirp4netns on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.