How To Install bpftool on Fedora 34

bpftool is Inspection and simple manipulation of eBPF programs and maps

Introduction

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

What is bpftool

This package contains the bpftool, which allows inspection and simple manipulation of eBPF programs and maps.

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

Install bpftool 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 bpftool using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bpftool

Install bpftool 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 bpftool using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bpftool

How To Uninstall bpftool on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove bpftool

bpftool Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/bash_completion.d/bpftool
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9/4c8b2bc342afebffd6fcca0d26acf207dbeba1
/usr/sbin/bpftool
/usr/share/licenses/bpftool
/usr/share/licenses/bpftool/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-btf.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-cgroup.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-feature.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-gen.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-iter.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-link.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-map.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-net.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-perf.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-prog.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-struct_ops.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool.8.gz
/etc/bash_completion.d/bpftool
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2/249b78b1a411bfe8729c824ac797b70fbdff76
/usr/sbin/bpftool
/usr/share/licenses/bpftool
/usr/share/licenses/bpftool/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-btf.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-cgroup.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-feature.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-gen.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-iter.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-link.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-map.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-net.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-perf.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-prog.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-struct_ops.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool.8.gz

References

Summary

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