How To Install responder on Fedora 34

responder is Simple NTP server implementation with kernel timestamps support

Introduction

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

What is responder

responder is a simple NTP server implementation with kernel timestamps support, designed for scale and security.

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

Install responder 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 responder using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install responder

Install responder 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 responder using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install responder

How To Uninstall responder on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove responder

responder Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/responder
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/08b458465b92e9e91f25b529bad29118e34127
/usr/share/doc/responder
/usr/share/doc/responder/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/responder
/usr/share/licenses/responder/LICENSE
/usr/bin/responder
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/4c2f08f005e2e3b057a9ef5a7a18bf373e379b
/usr/share/doc/responder
/usr/share/doc/responder/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/responder
/usr/share/licenses/responder/LICENSE

References

Summary

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