How To Install dhcplb on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcplb in Fedora 36. dhcplb is Facebook’s implementation of a load balancer for DHCP

Introduction

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

What is `dhcplb`

Dhcplb is Facebook’s implementation of a load balancer for DHCP.

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

Install dhcplb 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 dhcplb using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dhcplb

Install dhcplb 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 dhcplb using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dhcplb

How To Uninstall dhcplb on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove dhcplb

dhcplb Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/dhcplb
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8/568751e2f6374a331d92b7f5b7612d0e763357
/usr/share/doc/dhcplb
/usr/share/doc/dhcplb/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/dhcplb/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
/usr/share/doc/dhcplb/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/dhcplb/README.md
/usr/share/doc/dhcplb/docs
/usr/share/doc/dhcplb/docs/dhcplb-fb-deployment.graffle
/usr/share/doc/dhcplb/docs/dhcplb-fb-deployment.graffle/data.plist
/usr/share/doc/dhcplb/docs/dhcplb-fb-deployment.graffle/image4.pdf
/usr/share/doc/dhcplb/docs/dhcplb-fb-deployment.jpg
/usr/share/doc/dhcplb/docs/extending-dhcplb.md
/usr/share/doc/dhcplb/docs/getting-started.md
/usr/share/licenses/dhcplb
/usr/share/licenses/dhcplb/LICENSE

References

dhcplb website

Summary

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