How To Install rstp on Fedora 34

rstp is Rapid Spanning Tree User Space Daemon

Introduction

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

What is rstp

rstp is a user space implementation of the rapid spanning tree protocol. It replaces the in-kernel STP implementation

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

Install rstp 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 rstp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rstp

Install rstp 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 rstp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rstp

How To Uninstall rstp on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove rstp

rstp Package Contents on Fedora 34

/sbin/bridge-stp
/sbin/rstpctl
/sbin/rstpd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8/657f9c799b61b44d339b39dbe8912a39006c58
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/8b1548db8a5e93ddfe445018e35b9ed7fd447f
/usr/share/doc/rstp
/usr/share/doc/rstp/CHANGES_TO_RSTPLIB
/usr/share/doc/rstp/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/rstp/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/rstp/TODO
/usr/share/man/man8/rstpctl.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rstpd.8.gz

References

Summary

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