How To Install ahcpd on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ahcpd on Fedora 34.
What is ahcpd
AHCP is a configuration protocol that can replace DHCP on networks without transitive connectivity, such as mesh networks.
We can use yum or dnf to install ahcpd on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ahcpd.
Install ahcpd 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 ahcpd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ahcpd
Install ahcpd 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 ahcpd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ahcpd
How To Uninstall ahcpd on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the ahcpd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ahcpd
ahcpd Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/ahcp
/etc/ahcp/ahcp-config.sh
/etc/ahcpd.conf
/etc/logrotate.d/ahcpd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/11
/usr/lib/.build-id/11/6cd49f486711f82a51ddc41557b7bbfd3337a3
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ahcpd.service
/usr/sbin/ahcpd
/usr/share/doc/ahcpd
/usr/share/doc/ahcpd/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/ahcpd/LICENCE
/usr/share/doc/ahcpd/README
/usr/share/man/man8/ahcpd.8.gz
/var/log/ahcpd.log
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ahcpd on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.