How To Install iproute on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install iproute in Fedora 36. iproute is Advanced IP routing and network device configuration tools

Introduction

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

What is iproute

The iproute package contains networking utilities (ip and rtmon, for example) which are designed to use the advanced networking capabilities of the Linux kernel.

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

Install iproute 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 iproute using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install iproute

Install iproute 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 iproute using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install iproute

How To Uninstall iproute on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove iproute

iproute Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/iproute2
/etc/iproute2/bpf_pinning
/etc/iproute2/ematch_map
/etc/iproute2/group
/etc/iproute2/nl_protos
/etc/iproute2/rt_dsfield
/etc/iproute2/rt_protos
/etc/iproute2/rt_realms
/etc/iproute2/rt_scopes
/etc/iproute2/rt_tables
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/12
/usr/lib/.build-id/12/e851834fc96e3b612d57377c8e6b593df1a536
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/c85b9a3f8af138e28d717e99f6f292e2468934
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d/755c17153321c091c77b05c369d9209714891b
/usr/lib/.build-id/37
/usr/lib/.build-id/37/83879d4fd6f0b724a2a38ac65c6de6a46b8683
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d/74b0a6cf3917d2a6a948786c05e88d1b7f4311
/usr/lib/.build-id/58
/usr/lib/.build-id/58/3eac7cadf8286cfa842e0578bd61ff0d1cdefe
/usr/lib/.build-id/59
/usr/lib/.build-id/59/174ee959b27ecb6b1bfa799073028601de73a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/64
/usr/lib/.build-id/64/241f38d5183a73d3168dd5ea71e5d54a79d8b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/69
/usr/lib/.build-id/69/93176b24a2fb81293b5e19ccf2224a3905c3c2
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d/d9fad437a38c96c9fadfcd64d0ed5bfe7c0f3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/71
/usr/lib/.build-id/71/5b12daad6f8422ad63a4e9b637b46fb42c2258
/usr/lib/.build-id/81
/usr/lib/.build-id/81/40305ed53a6b65d71da552dee5084d55a80239
/usr/lib/.build-id/af
/usr/lib/.build-id/af/ed104e9d9b8d367fb3fd98b9226bef0b4aa1c9
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd/98acce1274765786ae18cec8d12bd3571dcd47
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/70ae7f8d47ec83552431b0786db5a0a29cceed
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7/a1edb9a21d2d77e0eb23efde1ae94faedda5b4
/usr/sbin/arpd
/usr/sbin/bridge
/usr/sbin/ctstat
/usr/sbin/dcb
/usr/sbin/devlink
/usr/sbin/genl
/usr/sbin/ifcfg
/usr/sbin/ifstat
/usr/sbin/ip
/usr/sbin/lnstat
/usr/sbin/nstat
/usr/sbin/rdma
/usr/sbin/routef
/usr/sbin/routel
/usr/sbin/rtacct
/usr/sbin/rtmon
/usr/sbin/rtpr
/usr/sbin/rtstat
/usr/sbin/ss
/usr/sbin/tipc
/usr/sbin/vdpa
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/devlink
/usr/share/doc/iproute
/usr/share/doc/iproute/README
/usr/share/doc/iproute/README.devel
/usr/share/licenses/iproute
/usr/share/licenses/iproute/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/arpd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bridge.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ctstat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dcb-app.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dcb-buffer.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dcb-dcbx.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dcb-ets.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dcb-maxrate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dcb-pfc.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dcb.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/devlink-dev.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/devlink-dpipe.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/devlink-health.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/devlink-monitor.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/devlink-port.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/devlink-rate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/devlink-region.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/devlink-resource.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/devlink-sb.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/devlink-trap.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/devlink.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/genl.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ifcfg.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ifstat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-address.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-addrlabel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-fou.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-gue.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-ioam.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-l2tp.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-link.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-macsec.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-maddress.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-monitor.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-mptcp.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-mroute.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-neighbour.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-netconf.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-netns.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-nexthop.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-ntable.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-route.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-rule.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-sr.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-tcp_metrics.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-token.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-tunnel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-vrf.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-xfrm.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lnstat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/nstat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rdma-dev.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rdma-link.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rdma-resource.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rdma-statistic.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rdma-system.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rdma.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/routef.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/routel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rtacct.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rtmon.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rtpr.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rtstat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ss.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tipc-bearer.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tipc-link.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tipc-media.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tipc-nametable.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tipc-node.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tipc-peer.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tipc-socket.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tipc.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vdpa-dev.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vdpa-mgmtdev.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vdpa.8.gz

References

Summary

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