How To Install libnetfilter_queue on Fedora 34

libnetfilter_queue is Netfilter queue userspace library Netfilter queue userspace library

Introduction

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

What is `libnetfilter_queue`

libnetfilter_queue is a userspace library providing an API to packets that have been queued by the kernel packet filter. It is is part of a system that deprecates the old ip_queue / libipq mechanism. libnetfilter_queue has been previously known as libnfnetlink_queue. libnetfilter_queue 1.0.2 17.fc34 x86_64 27 k libnetfilter_queue-1.0.2-17.fc34.src.rpm fedora Netfilter queue userspace library http GPLv2 libnetfilter_queue is a userspace library providing an API to packets that have been queued by the kernel packet filter. It is is part of a system that deprecates the old ip_queue / libipq mechanism. libnetfilter_queue has been previously known as libnfnetlink_queue.

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

Install libnetfilter_queue 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 libnetfilter_queue using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libnetfilter_queue

Install libnetfilter_queue 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 libnetfilter_queue using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libnetfilter_queue

How To Uninstall libnetfilter_queue on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libnetfilter_queue

libnetfilter_queue Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/75c15847b60807ac07a7ceb8e4b235cc40c76e
/usr/lib64/libnetfilter_queue.so.1
/usr/lib64/libnetfilter_queue.so.1.3.0
/usr/share/doc/libnetfilter_queue
/usr/share/doc/libnetfilter_queue/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/f88589dc3263dd84d1dbd9447eacbfed5cd1bb
/usr/lib/libnetfilter_queue.so.1
/usr/lib/libnetfilter_queue.so.1.3.0
/usr/share/doc/libnetfilter_queue
/usr/share/doc/libnetfilter_queue/COPYING

References

[libnetfilter_queue website](http://netfilter.org http://netfilter.org)

Summary

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