How To Install udt on Fedora 34

udt is UDP based Data Transfer Protocol UDP based Data Transfer Protocol

Introduction

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

What is `udt`

UDT is a reliable UDP based application level data transport protocol for distributed data intensive applications over wide area high-speed networks. UDT uses UDP to transfer bulk data with its own reliability control and congestion control mechanisms. The new protocol can transfer data at a much higher speed than TCP does. UDT is also a highly configurable framework that can accommodate various congestion control algorithms. udt 4.11 18.fc34 x86_64 91 k udt-4.11-18.fc34.src.rpm fedora UDP based Data Transfer Protocol http BSD UDT is a reliable UDP based application level data transport protocol for distributed data intensive applications over wide area high-speed networks. UDT uses UDP to transfer bulk data with its own reliability control and congestion control mechanisms. The new protocol can transfer data at a much higher speed than TCP does. UDT is also a highly configurable framework that can accommodate various congestion control algorithms.

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

Install udt 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 udt using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install udt

Install udt 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 udt using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install udt

How To Uninstall udt on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove udt

udt Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/10a11eea2c5340d3ca3910612b98c374e86aa0
/usr/lib64/libudt.so.0
/usr/share/doc/udt
/usr/share/doc/udt/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
/usr/share/licenses/udt
/usr/share/licenses/udt/LICENSE.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/cf51a9455a4aa7fb009b8593456f5d99694a67
/usr/lib/libudt.so.0
/usr/share/doc/udt
/usr/share/doc/udt/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
/usr/share/licenses/udt
/usr/share/licenses/udt/LICENSE.txt

References

[udt website](http://udt.sourceforge.net/ http://udt.sourceforge.net/)

Summary

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