How To Install iputils on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install iputils on Fedora 34.
What is iputils
The iputils package contains basic utilities for monitoring a network, including ping. The ping command sends a series of ICMP protocol ECHO_REQUEST packets to a specified network host to discover whether the target machine is alive and receiving network traffic.
We can use yum or dnf to install iputils on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install iputils.
Install iputils 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 iputils using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install iputils
Install iputils 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 iputils using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install iputils
How To Uninstall iputils on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the iputils package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove iputils
iputils Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/arping
/usr/bin/clockdiff
/usr/bin/ping
/usr/bin/tracepath
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/06
/usr/lib/.build-id/06/b00e8a8cee45a8f7c72021c1a90bc84819de65
/usr/lib/.build-id/48
/usr/lib/.build-id/48/bfb764951ddfb80e094c03c866239e958d86a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/59
/usr/lib/.build-id/59/9e26506c976c87527e50ae1f60360ea8a8f38c
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3/8faa52aba186ccf3e8cdeb61022c15d4f2f06d
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/4193131c64cd23e650505d578283d44b4052aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8/6936832f7d230ea2009adc0575903974fb68eb
/usr/lib/systemd/system/rdisc.service
/usr/sbin/arping
/usr/sbin/ifenslave
/usr/sbin/ping
/usr/sbin/ping6
/usr/sbin/rdisc
/usr/sbin/tracepath
/usr/sbin/tracepath6
/usr/share/doc/iputils
/usr/share/doc/iputils/README.bonding
/usr/share/licenses/iputils
/usr/share/licenses/iputils/bsd.txt
/usr/share/licenses/iputils/gpl-2.0.txt
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/iputils.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/iputils.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/iputils.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/iputils.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/iputils.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/iputils.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/iputils.mo
/usr/share/man/man8/arping.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/clockdiff.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ifenslave.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ping.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ping6.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rdisc.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tracepath.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tracepath6.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install iputils on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.