How To Install srcpd on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install srcpd on CentOS 8.
What is srcpd
Simple Railroad Command Protocol (SRCP) is a communication protocol designed to integrate various models of railroad systems. The srcpd acts a gateway between any kind of model railway systems and user interface programs that support SRCP. IANA assigned TCP port 4303 to it.
We can use yum or dnf to install srcpd on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install srcpd.
Install srcpd 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 srcpd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install srcpd
Install srcpd 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 srcpd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install srcpd
How To Uninstall srcpd on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the srcpd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove srcpd
srcpd Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/srcpd.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/da
/usr/lib/.build-id/da/14410858e7a5fedd89434267cf435a2d827bac
/usr/lib/systemd/system/srcpd.service
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/10-liusb.rules
/usr/sbin/srcpd
/usr/share/doc/srcpd
/usr/share/doc/srcpd/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/srcpd/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/srcpd/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/srcpd/DESIGN
/usr/share/doc/srcpd/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/srcpd/PROGRAMMING-HOWTO
/usr/share/doc/srcpd/README
/usr/share/doc/srcpd/README.loconet
/usr/share/doc/srcpd/README.selectrix
/usr/share/doc/srcpd/TODO
/usr/share/man/de/man5/srcpd.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/srcpd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/srcpd.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/srcpd.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install srcpd on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.