How To Install tcpreplay on Fedora 34

tcpreplay is Replay captured network traffic

Introduction

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

What is tcpreplay

Tcpreplay is a tool to replay captured network traffic. Currently, tcpreplay supports pcap (tcpdump) and snoop capture formats. Also included, is tcpprep a tool to pre-process capture files to allow increased performance under certain conditions as well as capinfo which provides basic information about capture files.

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

Install tcpreplay 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 tcpreplay using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tcpreplay

Install tcpreplay 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 tcpreplay using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tcpreplay

How To Uninstall tcpreplay on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove tcpreplay

tcpreplay Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/tcpbridge
/usr/bin/tcpcapinfo
/usr/bin/tcpliveplay
/usr/bin/tcpprep
/usr/bin/tcpreplay
/usr/bin/tcpreplay-edit
/usr/bin/tcprewrite
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/26
/usr/lib/.build-id/26/8d10cf4fab631817a096c92b161a15ec9e0fd1
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/2b12073a642f1ea37bd072bf2b9715a15d95fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/50
/usr/lib/.build-id/50/0748fe2e9dcc5b35cb3272b9fb6943e305b50c
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/21047567a54d67ec7b43f518e05c1bf49e29c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/68
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/19d47445102c60337e40396694f13126db1df8
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/f307c3334188f18e94d5a358d27b36b52c6a30
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/9622dad7933c32078994ed1e729a2b5020ddd9
/usr/share/doc/tcpreplay
/usr/share/doc/tcpreplay/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/tcpreplay/CREDIT
/usr/share/doc/tcpreplay/HACKING
/usr/share/doc/tcpreplay/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/tcpreplay/TODO
/usr/share/doc/tcpreplay/Win32Readme.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/tcpbridge.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tcpcapinfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tcpliveplay.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tcpprep.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tcpreplay-edit.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tcpreplay.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tcprewrite.1.gz
/usr/bin/tcpbridge
/usr/bin/tcpcapinfo
/usr/bin/tcpliveplay
/usr/bin/tcpprep
/usr/bin/tcpreplay
/usr/bin/tcpreplay-edit
/usr/bin/tcprewrite
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f/8605e4d65685c2f7c5815e77aef98bc4bcb651
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/9c463f31e6a92046afc13ff1fdfa4f4e90ea23
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/0f5d9dcb541b89014e192ae3edd2defb6508db
/usr/lib/.build-id/83
/usr/lib/.build-id/83/2d43296888c636b8315170eb28312faa28bfca
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1/3413d5b94dc93fa491706972b2c41683dce913
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/e63ee004329ce9a499bda2503992cb71936a46
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5/d172b5f5819a8365fd3ad69365999bfa0981a7
/usr/share/doc/tcpreplay
/usr/share/doc/tcpreplay/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/tcpreplay/CREDIT
/usr/share/doc/tcpreplay/HACKING
/usr/share/doc/tcpreplay/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/tcpreplay/TODO
/usr/share/doc/tcpreplay/Win32Readme.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/tcpbridge.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tcpcapinfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tcpliveplay.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tcpprep.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tcpreplay-edit.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tcpreplay.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tcprewrite.1.gz

References

Summary

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