How To Install libbgpdump on Fedora 34

libbgpdump is C library for analyzing BGP related dump files C library for analyzing BGP related dump files

Introduction

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

What is `libbgpdump`

Libbgpdump is a C library designed to help with analyzing BGP related dump files in Zebra/Quagga or MRT RIB (Multi-Threaded Routing Toolkit Routing Information Base) format, e.g. produced by Zebra/Quagga, BIRD, OpenBGPD or PyRT. libbgpdump 1.6.0 7.fc34 x86_64 38 k libbgpdump-1.6.0-7.fc34.src.rpm fedora C library for analyzing BGP related dump files https MIT and GPLv2+ Libbgpdump is a C library designed to help with analyzing BGP related dump files in Zebra/Quagga or MRT RIB (Multi-Threaded Routing Toolkit Routing Information Base) format, e.g. produced by Zebra/Quagga, BIRD, OpenBGPD or PyRT.

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

Install libbgpdump 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 libbgpdump using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libbgpdump

Install libbgpdump 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 libbgpdump using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libbgpdump

How To Uninstall libbgpdump on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libbgpdump

libbgpdump Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/6e5981754c57015dcddb9d83a655bd4c02290c
/usr/lib/libbgpdump.so.0
/usr/lib/libbgpdump.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libbgpdump
/usr/share/doc/libbgpdump/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libbgpdump/README
/usr/share/licenses/libbgpdump
/usr/share/licenses/libbgpdump/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/af
/usr/lib/.build-id/af/5d2da7a40b7e5bf61f693761d56c5076802b2b
/usr/lib64/libbgpdump.so.0
/usr/lib64/libbgpdump.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libbgpdump
/usr/share/doc/libbgpdump/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libbgpdump/README
/usr/share/licenses/libbgpdump
/usr/share/licenses/libbgpdump/COPYING

References

[libbgpdump website](https://bitbucket.org/ripencc/bgpdump/wiki https://bitbucket.org/ripencc/bgpdump/wiki)

Summary

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