How To Install dropwatch on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install dropwatch in Fedora 36. dropwatch is Kernel dropped packet monitor

Introduction

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

What is dropwatch

dropwatch is an utility to interface to the kernel to monitor for dropped network packets.

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

Install dropwatch 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 dropwatch using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dropwatch

Install dropwatch 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 dropwatch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dropwatch

How To Uninstall dropwatch on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove dropwatch

dropwatch Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/dropwatch
/usr/bin/dwdump
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/8b77d3be84f2a0a7fc031db1ba9d7b6cc68591
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/06bf1df6c5b8c92fb635255ce49cba36b6073e
/usr/share/doc/dropwatch
/usr/share/doc/dropwatch/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/dropwatch
/usr/share/licenses/dropwatch/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/dropwatch.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dwdump.1.gz

References

Summary

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