How To Install libnftnl on Fedora 34

libnftnl is Library for low-level interaction with nftables Netlink’s API over libmnl Library for low-level interaction with nftables Netlink’s API over libmnl

Introduction

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

What is libnftnl

A library for low-level interaction with nftables Netlink’s API over libmnl. libnftnl 1.1.9 2.fc34 x86_64 83 k libnftnl-1.1.9-2.fc34.src.rpm fedora Library for low-level interaction with nftables Netlink’s API over libmnl https GPLv2+ A library for low-level interaction with nftables Netlink’s API over libmnl.

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

Install libnftnl 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 libnftnl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libnftnl

Install libnftnl 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 libnftnl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libnftnl

How To Uninstall libnftnl on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libnftnl

libnftnl Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/10
/usr/lib/.build-id/10/392a2876f1a0ad945eb9dba9cb08e9aaea58e8
/usr/lib64/libnftnl.so.11
/usr/lib64/libnftnl.so.11.5.0
/usr/share/doc/libnftnl
/usr/share/doc/libnftnl/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/69
/usr/lib/.build-id/69/c14c462af7b4dc20511b30d8a30322eb95f6ac
/usr/lib/libnftnl.so.11
/usr/lib/libnftnl.so.11.5.0
/usr/share/doc/libnftnl
/usr/share/doc/libnftnl/COPYING

References

Summary

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