How To Install bgpdump on Fedora 34

bgpdump is MRT file reader for handling BGP related data

Introduction

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

What is `bgpdump`

Bgpdump translates (possibly compressed) binary MRT RIB dump files, e.g. produced by Zebra/Quagga, BIRD, OpenBGPD or PyRT, into human readable output. Publicly available MRT RIB dump files are e.g. supplied by the RIPE NCC routing information service (RIPE RIS).

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

Install bgpdump 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 bgpdump using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bgpdump

Install bgpdump 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 bgpdump using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bgpdump

How To Uninstall bgpdump on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the bgpdump package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove bgpdump

bgpdump Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/bgpdump
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/95
/usr/lib/.build-id/95/5ac6d56fcb8999153a8b746e01a95d8c677b24

References

bgpdump website

Summary

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