How To Install iputils on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install iputils in Fedora 36. iputils is Network monitoring tools including ping

Introduction

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

What is iputils

The iputils package contains basic utilities for monitoring a network, including ping. The ping command sends a series of ICMP protocol ECHO_REQUEST packets to a specified network host to discover whether the target machine is alive and receiving network traffic.

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

Install iputils 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 iputils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install iputils

Install iputils 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 iputils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install iputils

How To Uninstall iputils on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove iputils

iputils Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/arping
/usr/bin/clockdiff
/usr/bin/ping
/usr/bin/tracepath
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/42
/usr/lib/.build-id/42/e7449d46b101a8fb1e187b40ef3b923bac3bf6
/usr/lib/.build-id/61
/usr/lib/.build-id/61/dbf79c748b0638b187e83c5f51775d7fe5de78
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/36c728d2ae2c6b69143c440ea8aca282314da7
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d/731c80afa623b61185921706bf5ff96ce0775d
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae/7331f8017e57f0416bdf475601a1f58e5e8f81
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/336a0c31f954c509249006c844d4d8108e5a36
/usr/lib/systemd/system/rdisc.service
/usr/sbin/arping
/usr/sbin/ifenslave
/usr/sbin/ping
/usr/sbin/ping6
/usr/sbin/rdisc
/usr/sbin/tracepath
/usr/sbin/tracepath6
/usr/share/doc/iputils
/usr/share/doc/iputils/README.bonding
/usr/share/licenses/iputils
/usr/share/licenses/iputils/bsd.txt
/usr/share/licenses/iputils/gpl-2.0.txt
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/iputils.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/iputils.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/iputils.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/iputils.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/iputils.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/iputils.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/iputils.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/iputils.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/iputils.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/iputils.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/iputils.mo
/usr/share/man/man8/arping.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/clockdiff.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ifenslave.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ping.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ping6.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rdisc.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tracepath.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tracepath6.8.gz

References

Summary

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