How To Install tcpjunk on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcpjunk on Fedora 34.
What is tcpjunk
TCPJunk is a TCP protocols manipulation and hacking utility that can be used in different ways. Similar to netcat, TCPJunk can be used as a client or server, but instead of stdin, it uses a ‘Session file’ as the data to send or receive. TCPJunk can be used as a general testing tool, a traffic generator or a fuzzer, for protocols such as HTTP, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, FTP and others.
We can use yum or dnf to install tcpjunk on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install tcpjunk.
Install tcpjunk 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 tcpjunk using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install tcpjunk
Install tcpjunk 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 tcpjunk using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install tcpjunk
How To Uninstall tcpjunk on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the tcpjunk package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove tcpjunk
tcpjunk Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/tcpjunk
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/85a6ccdee37510eeabc6522029e04244a53cae
/usr/share/applications/tcpjunk.desktop
/usr/share/doc/tcpjunk
/usr/share/doc/tcpjunk/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/tcpjunk/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/tcpjunk/TODO.tasks
/usr/share/licenses/tcpjunk
/usr/share/licenses/tcpjunk/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/tcpjunk.1.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/tcpjunk.png
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcpjunk on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
