How To Install ifstat on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ifstat in Fedora 36. ifstat is Interface statistics

Introduction

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

What is ifstat

ifstat(1) is a little tool to report interface activity like vmstat/iostat do. In addition, ifstat can poll remote hosts through SNMP if you have the ucd-snmp library. It will also be used for localhost if no other known method works (You need to have snmpd running for this though).

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

Install ifstat 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 ifstat using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ifstat

Install ifstat 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 ifstat using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ifstat

How To Uninstall ifstat on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove ifstat

ifstat Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/ifstat
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/36b92bf8fb747d3558710aa6a83786071d3e2c
/usr/share/doc/ifstat
/usr/share/doc/ifstat/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/ifstat/HISTORY
/usr/share/doc/ifstat/README
/usr/share/doc/ifstat/TODO
/usr/share/man/man1/ifstat.1.gz

References

Summary

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