How To Install pimd on Fedora 34

pimd is The original PIM-SM multicast routing daemon

Introduction

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

What is pimd

pimd is a lightweight, stand-alone PIM-SM/SSM multicast routing daemon available under the free 3-clause BSD license. This is the restored original version from University of Southern California, by Ahmed Helmy, Rusty Eddy and Pavlin Ivanov Radoslavov.

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

Install pimd 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 pimd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pimd

Install pimd 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 pimd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pimd

How To Uninstall pimd on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove pimd

pimd Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/pimd.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e/5309503e4b13df62f1e029d3645741a202a93d
/usr/lib/systemd/system/pimd.service
/usr/sbin/pimd
/usr/share/doc/pimd
/usr/share/doc/pimd/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pimd/CODE-OF-CONDUCT.md
/usr/share/doc/pimd/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/pimd/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/pimd/ChangeLog.org
/usr/share/doc/pimd/FAQ.md
/usr/share/doc/pimd/INSTALL.md
/usr/share/doc/pimd/README-config.md
/usr/share/doc/pimd/README-debug.md
/usr/share/doc/pimd/README.config.jp
/usr/share/doc/pimd/README.md
/usr/share/doc/pimd/TODO.org
/usr/share/licenses/pimd
/usr/share/licenses/pimd/LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/pimd/LICENSE.mrouted
/usr/share/man/man8/pimd.8.gz

References

Summary

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