How To Install libxdp on Fedora 34

libxdp is XDP helper library XDP helper library

Introduction

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

What is `libxdp`

The libxdp package contains the libxdp library for managing XDP programs, used by the xdp-tools package libxdp 1.1.1 1.fc34 x86_64 73 k xdp-tools-1.1.1-1.fc34.src.rpm fedora XDP helper library https GPLv2 The libxdp package contains the libxdp library for managing XDP programs, used by the xdp-tools package

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

Install libxdp 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 libxdp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libxdp

Install libxdp 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 libxdp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libxdp

How To Uninstall libxdp on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libxdp

libxdp Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/739d485b9556bf3f8e7a0e08a4b5376e2c4c93
/usr/lib/bpf/xdp-dispatcher.o
/usr/lib/libxdp.so.1
/usr/lib/libxdp.so.1.1.0
/usr/share/man/man3/libxdp.3.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb/c54e985a7ff53e06e8f5bdda87dee15aa89e4e
/usr/lib64/bpf/xdp-dispatcher.o
/usr/lib64/libxdp.so.1
/usr/lib64/libxdp.so.1.1.0
/usr/share/man/man3/libxdp.3.gz

References

[libxdp website](https://github.com/xdp-project/xdp-tools https://github.com/xdp-project/xdp-tools)

Summary

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