How To Install pads on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install pads in Fedora 36. pads is Passive Asset Detection System

Introduction

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

What is `pads`

PADS is a libpcap based detection engine used to passively detect network assets.

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

Install pads 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 pads using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pads

Install pads 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 pads using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pads

How To Uninstall pads on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove pads

pads Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/pads-ether-codes
/etc/pads-signature-list
/etc/pads.conf
/etc/sysconfig/pads
/usr/bin/pads
/usr/bin/pads-report
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/14
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/0c57ed220e9cd8a7a39de4558589aaf57ff6e0
/usr/lib/systemd/system/pads.service
/usr/share/doc/pads
/usr/share/doc/pads/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pads/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/pads/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/pads/README
/usr/share/man/man8/pads-report.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pads.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pads.conf.8.gz

References

pads website

Summary

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