How To Install 2ping on Fedora 34

2ping is Bi-directional ping utility

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install 2ping on Fedora 34.

What is 2ping

2ping is a bi-directional ping utility. It uses 3-way pings (akin to TCP SYN, SYN/ACK, ACK) and after-the-fact state comparison between a 2ping listener and a 2ping client to determine which direction packet loss occurs.

We can use yum or dnf to install 2ping on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install 2ping.

Install 2ping on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install 2ping using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install 2ping

Install 2ping on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install 2ping using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install 2ping

How To Uninstall 2ping on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the 2ping package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove 2ping

2ping Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/2ping
/usr/bin/2ping6
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/2ping-4.5-py3.9.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/2ping-4.5-py3.9.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/2ping-4.5-py3.9.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/2ping-4.5-py3.9.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/2ping-4.5-py3.9.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/2ping-4.5-py3.9.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/twoping
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/twoping/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/twoping/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/twoping/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/twoping/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/twoping/__pycache__/args.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/twoping/__pycache__/args.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/twoping/__pycache__/cli.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/twoping/__pycache__/cli.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/twoping/__pycache__/crc32.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/twoping/__pycache__/crc32.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/twoping/__pycache__/packets.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/twoping/__pycache__/packets.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/twoping/__pycache__/utils.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/twoping/__pycache__/utils.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/twoping/args.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/twoping/cli.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/twoping/crc32.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/twoping/packets.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/twoping/utils.py
/usr/lib/systemd/system/2ping.service
/usr/share/doc/2ping
/usr/share/doc/2ping/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/2ping/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/2ping
/usr/share/licenses/2ping/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/2ping.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/2ping6.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install 2ping on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.