How To Install iputils on Fedora 36
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/).