How To Install nsntrace on Fedora 34

nsntrace is Perform network trace of a program by using network namespaces

Introduction

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

What is nsntrace

The nsntrace program uses Linux network namespaces to perform network traces of a single application. The traces are saved as pcap files. And can later be analyzed by for instance Wireshark.

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

Install nsntrace 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 nsntrace using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nsntrace

Install nsntrace 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 nsntrace using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nsntrace

How To Uninstall nsntrace on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove nsntrace

nsntrace Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/nsntrace
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0/0ad9293e19b414b1589ce5cb3cdf8e05145322
/usr/share/licenses/nsntrace
/usr/share/licenses/nsntrace/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/nsntrace.1.gz

References

Summary

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