How To Install ladvd on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ladvd on Fedora 34.
What is ladvd
ladvd uses CDP / LLDP frames to inform switches about connected hosts, which simplifies Ethernet switch management. Every 30 seconds it will transmit CDP/ LLDP packets reflecting the current system state. Interfaces (bridge, bonding, wireless), capabilities (bridging, forwarding, wireless) and addresses (IPv4, IPv6) are detected dynamically.
We can use yum or dnf to install ladvd on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ladvd.
Install ladvd 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 ladvd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ladvd
Install ladvd 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 ladvd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ladvd
How To Uninstall ladvd on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the ladvd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ladvd
ladvd Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9/43bc6d5771f286a2d90ca653137ab80f065604
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ladvd.service
/usr/lib/sysusers.d/ladvd.conf
/usr/sbin/ladvd
/usr/sbin/ladvdc
/usr/share/doc/ladvd
/usr/share/doc/ladvd/README
/usr/share/doc/ladvd/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/ladvd
/usr/share/licenses/ladvd/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man8/ladvd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ladvdc.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ladvd on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.