How To Install clatd on Fedora 34

clatd is CLAT / SIIT-DC Edge Relay implementation for Linux

Introduction

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

What is clatd

clatd implements the CLAT component of the 464XLAT network architecture specified in RFC 6877. It allows an IPv6-only host to have IPv4 connectivity that is translated to IPv6 before being routed to an upstream PLAT (which is typically a Stateful NAT64 operated by the ISP) and there translated back to IPv4 before being routed to the IPv4 internet.

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

Install clatd 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 clatd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install clatd

Install clatd 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 clatd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install clatd

How To Uninstall clatd on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove clatd

clatd Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/clatd.conf
/usr/lib/NetworkManager
/usr/lib/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d
/usr/lib/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/50-clatd
/usr/lib/systemd/system/clatd.service
/usr/sbin/clatd
/usr/share/doc/clatd
/usr/share/doc/clatd/README.pod
/usr/share/licenses/clatd
/usr/share/licenses/clatd/LICENCE
/usr/share/man/man8/clatd.8.gz

References

Summary

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