How To Install iptraf-ng on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install iptraf-ng on Fedora 36.
What is iptraf-ng
IPTraf-ng is a console-based network monitoring utility. IPTraf gathers data like TCP connection packet and byte counts, interface statistics and activity indicators, TCP/UDP traffic breakdowns, and LAN station packet and byte counts. IPTraf-ng features include an IP traffic monitor which shows TCP flag information, packet and byte counts, ICMP details, OSPF packet types, and oversize IP packet warnings; interface statistics showing IP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, non-IP and other IP packet counts, IP check sum errors, interface activity and packet size counts; a TCP and UDP service monitor showing counts of incoming and outgoing packets for common TCP and UDP application ports, a LAN statistics module that discovers active hosts and displays statistics about their activity; TCP, UDP and other protocol display filters so you can view just the traffic you want; logging; support for Ethernet, FDDI, ISDN, SLIP, PPP, and loop back interfaces; and utilization of the built-in raw socket interface of the Linux kernel, so it can be used on a wide variety of supported network cards.
We can use yum or dnf to install iptraf-ng on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install iptraf-ng.
Install iptraf-ng 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 iptraf-ng using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install iptraf-ng
Install iptraf-ng 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 iptraf-ng using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install iptraf-ng
How To Uninstall iptraf-ng on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the iptraf-ng package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove iptraf-ng
iptraf-ng Package Contents on Fedora 36
/etc/logrotate.d/iptraf-ng
/run/iptraf-ng
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d/474f6bbf2a08a96e96a42f0f6eabeb6b524503
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/iptraf-ng.conf
/usr/sbin/iptraf-ng
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/Documentation
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/Documentation/iptraf-configmenu.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/Documentation/iptraf-dstat1.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/Documentation/iptraf-editfilter.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/Documentation/iptraf-filtermenu.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/Documentation/iptraf-gstat1.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/Documentation/iptraf-hw.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/Documentation/iptraf-hwsort.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/Documentation/iptraf-ipfltdlg.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/Documentation/iptraf-ipfltlist.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/Documentation/iptraf-ipfltmenu.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/Documentation/iptraf-ipfltnamedlg.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/Documentation/iptraf-iptm1.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/Documentation/iptraf-iptmsort.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/Documentation/iptraf-logprompt.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/Documentation/iptraf-mmenu.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/Documentation/iptraf-othipfltdefine.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/Documentation/iptraf-othipfltdlg.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/Documentation/iptraf-othipfltselect.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/Documentation/iptraf-pktsize.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/Documentation/iptraf-tcpflt-dlg2.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/Documentation/iptraf-tcpfltmenu.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/Documentation/iptraf-tcpudp.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/Documentation/iptraf-tcpudpsort.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/Documentation/iptraf-timermenu.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/Documentation/stylesheet-images
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/Documentation/stylesheet-images/next.gif
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/Documentation/stylesheet-images/note.gif
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/Documentation/stylesheet-images/prev.gif
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/Documentation/stylesheet-images/tip.gif
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/Documentation/stylesheet-images/up.gif
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/README
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/README.contact
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/README.indent
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/README.interfaces
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng/README.resolving
/usr/share/man/man8/iptraf-ng.8.gz
/var/lib/iptraf-ng
/var/log/iptraf-ng
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install iptraf-ng on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
