How To Install mbuffer on Fedora 34

mbuffer is Measuring Buffer is an enhanced version of buffer

Introduction

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

What is mbuffer

Measuring Buffer is an enhanced version of buffer. It features displayof throughput, memory-mapped file I/O for huge buffers, and multithreading.

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

Install mbuffer 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 mbuffer using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mbuffer

Install mbuffer 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 mbuffer using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mbuffer

How To Uninstall mbuffer on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove mbuffer

mbuffer Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/mbuffer.rc
/usr/bin/mbuffer
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f/0071567423f4d0fab2d6a16c9411cecda67c56
/usr/share/doc/mbuffer
/usr/share/doc/mbuffer/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/mbuffer/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/mbuffer/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/mbuffer/README
/usr/share/licenses/mbuffer
/usr/share/licenses/mbuffer/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/mbuffer.1.gz

References

Summary

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