How To Install tunctl on Fedora 34

tunctl is Create and remove virtual network interfaces

Introduction

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

What is `tunctl`

tunctl is a tool to set up and maintain persistent TUN/TAP network interfaces, enabling user applications access to the wire side of a virtual nework interface. Such interfaces is useful for connecting VPN software, virtualization, emulation and a number of other similar applications to the network stack. tunctl originates from the User Mode Linux project.

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

Install tunctl 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 tunctl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tunctl

Install tunctl 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 tunctl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tunctl

How To Uninstall tunctl on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove tunctl

tunctl Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/69
/usr/lib/.build-id/69/976cf52cb4d55a139c3ce05f3fb3fe73d9e5db
/usr/sbin/tunctl
/usr/share/doc/tunctl
/usr/share/doc/tunctl/ChangeLog
/usr/share/man/man8/tunctl.8.gz

References

tunctl website

Summary

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