How To Install libnetfilter_cttimeout on Fedora 36

Introduction

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

What is libnetfilter_cttimeout

This infrastructure allows you to define fine-grain timeout policies per flow. Basically, from user-space, you can create timeout policy objects via nfct_timeout_alloc(), set the policy attributes, via nfct_timeout_*_attr_set(), and then build the ctnetlink message to communicate this new timeout policy to the kernel.

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

Install libnetfilter_cttimeout 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 libnetfilter_cttimeout using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libnetfilter_cttimeout

Install libnetfilter_cttimeout 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 libnetfilter_cttimeout using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libnetfilter_cttimeout

How To Uninstall libnetfilter_cttimeout on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libnetfilter_cttimeout

libnetfilter_cttimeout Package Contents on Fedora 36

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description: "In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetfilter_cttimeout in Fedora 36. libnetfilter_cttimeout is Timeout policy tuning for Netfilter/conntrack"
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## Introduction

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

### What is `libnetfilter_cttimeout`

> This infrastructure allows you to define fine-grain timeout policies per flow. Basically, from user-space, you can create timeout policy objects via nfct_timeout_alloc(), set the policy attributes, via nfct_timeout_*_attr_set(), and then build the ctnetlink message to communicate this new timeout policy to the kernel.  

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

## Install libnetfilter_cttimeout on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with `dnf` using the following command.

```bash
sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libnetfilter_cttimeout using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libnetfilter_cttimeout

Install libnetfilter_cttimeout 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 libnetfilter_cttimeout using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libnetfilter_cttimeout

How To Uninstall libnetfilter_cttimeout on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libnetfilter_cttimeout

libnetfilter_cttimeout Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/1bf79fb7cda257c61ef0bfe3bd7ea00c9b91dd
/usr/lib64/libnetfilter_cttimeout.so.1
/usr/lib64/libnetfilter_cttimeout.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libnetfilter_cttimeout
/usr/share/doc/libnetfilter_cttimeout/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libnetfilter_cttimeout/README

References

• libnetfilter_cttimeout website

Summary

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

/usr/lib/.build-id /usr/lib/.build-id/03 /usr/lib/.build-id/03/0ab694feaaebb0400653f19806e4156f1362f2 /usr/lib/libnetfilter_cttimeout.so.1 /usr/lib/libnetfilter_cttimeout.so.1.0.0 /usr/share/doc/libnetfilter_cttimeout /usr/share/doc/libnetfilter_cttimeout/COPYING /usr/share/doc/libnetfilter_cttimeout/README

## References

* [libnetfilter_cttimeout website](http://netfilter.org)

## Summary

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