How To Install babeld on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install babeld on Fedora 34.
What is babeld
Babel is a loop-avoiding distance-vector routing protocol roughly based on HSDV and AODV, but with provisions for link cost estimation and redistribution of routes from other routing protocols.
We can use yum or dnf to install babeld on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install babeld.
Install babeld 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 babeld using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install babeld
Install babeld 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 babeld using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install babeld
How To Uninstall babeld on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the babeld package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove babeld
babeld Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/babeld.conf
/etc/logrotate.d/babeld
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5/dcbb76578b450c3a33f5d15a3caba9f40579ec
/usr/lib/systemd/system/babeld.service
/usr/sbin/babeld
/usr/share/doc/babeld
/usr/share/doc/babeld/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/babeld/README
/usr/share/licenses/babeld
/usr/share/licenses/babeld/LICENCE
/usr/share/man/man8/babeld.8.gz
/var/lib/babel-state
/var/log/babel.log
/etc/babeld.conf
/etc/logrotate.d/babeld
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3/57bd5bfac6af3d64fe3761f0b27c29b964571a
/usr/lib/systemd/system/babeld.service
/usr/sbin/babeld
/usr/share/doc/babeld
/usr/share/doc/babeld/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/babeld/README
/usr/share/licenses/babeld
/usr/share/licenses/babeld/LICENCE
/usr/share/man/man8/babeld.8.gz
/var/lib/babel-state
/var/log/babel.log
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install babeld on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.