How To Install udpxy on Fedora 34

udpxy is UDP-to-HTTP multicast traffic relay daemon

Introduction

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

What is udpxy

udpxy is a UDP-to-HTTP multicast traffic relay daemon it forwards UDP traffic from a given multicast subscription to the requesting HTTP client.

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

Install udpxy 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 udpxy using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install udpxy

Install udpxy 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 udpxy using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install udpxy

How To Uninstall udpxy on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove udpxy

udpxy Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/udpxrec
/usr/bin/udpxy
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/af
/usr/lib/.build-id/af/20f4c9c7523d9c8b141bd7691b781caf0f590c
/usr/lib/systemd/system/udpxy.service
/usr/share/doc/udpxy
/usr/share/doc/udpxy/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/udpxy/README
/usr/share/doc/udpxy/gpl.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/udpxrec.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/udpxy.1.gz

References

Summary

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