How To Install dhcping on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcping in Fedora 36. dhcping is DHCP daemon ping program

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcping on Fedora 36.

What is dhcping

Dhcping allows the system administrator to check if a remote DHCP server is still functioning.

We can use yum or dnf to install dhcping on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dhcping.

Install dhcping on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install dhcping using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dhcping

Install dhcping on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install dhcping using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dhcping

How To Uninstall dhcping on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove dhcping

dhcping Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/dhcping
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d/d0771ef6806ff4e8a04ddedea0afd64ae75fac
/usr/share/doc/dhcping
/usr/share/doc/dhcping/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/dhcping/CONTACT
/usr/share/licenses/dhcping
/usr/share/licenses/dhcping/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man8/dhcping.8.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcping on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).