How To Install 2ping on Fedora 34
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.
