How To Install mptcpd on Fedora 34

mptcpd is Multipath TCP daemon Multipath TCP daemon

Introduction

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

What is `mptcpd`

The Multipath TCP Daemon is a daemon for Linux based operating systems that performs multipath TCP path management related operations in user space. It interacts with the Linux kernel through a generic netlink connection to track per-connection information (e.g. available remote addresses), available network interfaces, request new MPTCP subflows, handle requests for subflows, etc. mptcpd 0.7 1.fc34 x86_64 46 k mptcpd-0.7-1.fc34.src.rpm updates Multipath TCP daemon https BSD The Multipath TCP Daemon is a daemon for Linux based operating systems that performs multipath TCP path management related operations in user space. It interacts with the Linux kernel through a generic netlink connection to track per-connection information (e.g. available remote addresses), available network interfaces, request new MPTCP subflows, handle requests for subflows, etc.

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

Install mptcpd 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 mptcpd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mptcpd

Install mptcpd 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 mptcpd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mptcpd

How To Uninstall mptcpd on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove mptcpd

mptcpd Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/mptcpd
/etc/mptcpd/mptcpd.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c/b797c15eb7e8ccef40afa16a43ebddd27737eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/47
/usr/lib/.build-id/47/90ec72de7ab85b2808ab160d7902b72920ad26
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/f05e08b12c875e05136ae2056dd66e5667a3e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/c08df4a4fa68ea63e4329d9d2ed7a6f82bbcc3
/usr/lib/libmptcpd.so.1
/usr/lib/libmptcpd.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/mptcpd
/usr/lib/mptcpd/addr_adv.so
/usr/lib/mptcpd/sspi.so
/usr/lib/systemd/system/mptcp.service
/usr/libexec/mptcpd
/usr/share/licenses/mptcpd
/usr/share/licenses/mptcpd/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/mptcpd.8.gz
/etc/mptcpd
/etc/mptcpd/mptcpd.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/6efaf8da00c3e0914e69b52ebbfb049d083292
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/7ec72d0ace109d60b3f8be271a478edcc8e0b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/67390773d0de31d4409c576b9e8de6607ce33a
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/3ac940cbcc0979c39bb901f643c66214ec5ae6
/usr/lib/systemd/system/mptcp.service
/usr/lib64/libmptcpd.so.1
/usr/lib64/libmptcpd.so.1.1.0
/usr/lib64/mptcpd
/usr/lib64/mptcpd/addr_adv.so
/usr/lib64/mptcpd/sspi.so
/usr/libexec/mptcpd
/usr/share/licenses/mptcpd
/usr/share/licenses/mptcpd/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/mptcpd.8.gz
/etc/mptcpd
/etc/mptcpd/mptcpd.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/10
/usr/lib/.build-id/10/b2c52652a8125fd48eba38e5471f39f8c8acae
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/23a6d49b94da7517ee8764281504b53fcf22d4
/usr/lib/.build-id/50
/usr/lib/.build-id/50/ae6eb6228dd2c070437f333e6d83e84236877b
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/4376670bf93f5a74a35c6926ef3fa297ae0b30
/usr/lib/systemd/system/mptcp.service
/usr/lib64/libmptcpd.so.1
/usr/lib64/libmptcpd.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/mptcpd
/usr/lib64/mptcpd/addr_adv.so
/usr/lib64/mptcpd/sspi.so
/usr/libexec/mptcpd
/usr/share/licenses/mptcpd
/usr/share/licenses/mptcpd/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/mptcpd.8.gz
/etc/mptcpd
/etc/mptcpd/mptcpd.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/3e569801767c019898f940cfbbda6ae998e0ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/53
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/0a26a5dcbb934d32d6e85fbfe438b2acb6dd97
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e/438f7991ef3aa32fed357e3a2251f27c5cc200
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/6b2237a1c714c4196032c9cd7da7518cba1965
/usr/lib/libmptcpd.so.1
/usr/lib/libmptcpd.so.1.1.0
/usr/lib/mptcpd
/usr/lib/mptcpd/addr_adv.so
/usr/lib/mptcpd/sspi.so
/usr/lib/systemd/system/mptcp.service
/usr/libexec/mptcpd
/usr/share/licenses/mptcpd
/usr/share/licenses/mptcpd/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/mptcpd.8.gz

References

[mptcpd website](https://multipath-tcp.org https://multipath-tcp.org)

Summary

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