How To Install libndp on Fedora 34

libndp is Library for Neighbor Discovery Protocol Library for Neighbor Discovery Protocol

Introduction

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

What is `libndp`

This package contains a library which provides a wrapper for IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol. It also provides a tool named ndptool for sending and receiving NDP messages. libndp 1.7 7.fc34 x86_64 36 k libndp-1.7-7.fc34.src.rpm fedora Library for Neighbor Discovery Protocol http LGPLv2+ This package contains a library which provides a wrapper for IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol. It also provides a tool named ndptool for sending and receiving NDP messages.

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

Install libndp 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 libndp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libndp

Install libndp 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 libndp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libndp

How To Uninstall libndp on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libndp

libndp Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/ndptool
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/71
/usr/lib/.build-id/71/36060f40d5c80ab1d3d20a077bb04db9eeb890
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/6969ab4035c6aab24c1d734973320fc0374d38
/usr/lib/libndp.so.0
/usr/lib/libndp.so.0.1.1
/usr/share/doc/libndp
/usr/share/doc/libndp/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/ndptool.8.gz
/usr/bin/ndptool
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/398ac668201733bc1acd57bdad648c713f00b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4/03144d42468e3ece961e728a4a444e01063ecf
/usr/lib64/libndp.so.0
/usr/lib64/libndp.so.0.1.1
/usr/share/doc/libndp
/usr/share/doc/libndp/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/ndptool.8.gz

References

[libndp website](http://www.libndp.org/ http://www.libndp.org/)

Summary

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