How To Install open-mtools on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install open-mtools in Fedora 36. open-mtools is Tools for testing IP multicast

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install open-mtools on Fedora 36.

What is open-mtools

This package contains the msend, mdump, and mpong tools to aid in testing multicast networks.

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

Install open-mtools 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 open-mtools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install open-mtools

Install open-mtools 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 open-mtools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install open-mtools

How To Uninstall open-mtools on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the open-mtools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove open-mtools

open-mtools Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/mdump
/usr/bin/mpong
/usr/bin/msend
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f/5349fc6d459154f303062a24c3f65a97695bfd
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/5f5a75eb65ced9e8a7ed6c59dee789ac750228
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc/d09598e6c4500013a0315822ff5f4918aacef4
/usr/share/doc/open-mtools
/usr/share/doc/open-mtools/README.txt
/usr/share/doc/open-mtools/docbook.css
/usr/share/doc/open-mtools/index.html
/usr/share/doc/open-mtools/initial-five.html
/usr/share/doc/open-mtools/mpong.html
/usr/share/doc/open-mtools/testnet.html
/usr/share/doc/open-mtools/testnet.pdf
/usr/share/doc/open-mtools/tool-notes.html

References

Summary

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