How To Install omping on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install omping in Fedora 36. omping is Utility to test IP multicast functionality

Introduction

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

What is `omping`

Omping (Open Multicast Ping) is tool to test IP multicast functionality primarily in local network.

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

Install omping 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 omping using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install omping

Install omping 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 omping using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install omping

How To Uninstall omping on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove omping

omping Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/omping
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e/6b331b884fa1e3d5cff22333abb2e4ca5ca1e3
/usr/share/doc/omping
/usr/share/doc/omping/AUTHORS
/usr/share/licenses/omping
/usr/share/licenses/omping/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/omping.8.gz

References

omping website

Summary

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