How To Install rust-pcap-devel on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install rust-pcap-devel in Fedora 36. rust-pcap-devel is Packet capture API around pcap/wpcap

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rust-pcap-devel on Fedora 36.

What is `rust-pcap-devel`

A packet capture API around pcap/wpcap. This package contains library source intended for building other packages which use “pcap” crate.

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

Install rust-pcap-devel 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 rust-pcap-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rust-pcap-devel

Install rust-pcap-devel 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 rust-pcap-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rust-pcap-devel

How To Uninstall rust-pcap-devel on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the rust-pcap-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove rust-pcap-devel

rust-pcap-devel Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/cargo/registry/pcap-0.7.0
/usr/share/cargo/registry/pcap-0.7.0/.cargo-checksum.json
/usr/share/cargo/registry/pcap-0.7.0/Cargo.toml
/usr/share/cargo/registry/pcap-0.7.0/LICENSE-APACHE
/usr/share/cargo/registry/pcap-0.7.0/LICENSE-MIT
/usr/share/cargo/registry/pcap-0.7.0/README.md
/usr/share/cargo/registry/pcap-0.7.0/build.rs
/usr/share/cargo/registry/pcap-0.7.0/examples
/usr/share/cargo/registry/pcap-0.7.0/examples/easylisten.rs
/usr/share/cargo/registry/pcap-0.7.0/examples/getdevices.rs
/usr/share/cargo/registry/pcap-0.7.0/examples/getstatistics.rs
/usr/share/cargo/registry/pcap-0.7.0/examples/listenlocalhost.rs
/usr/share/cargo/registry/pcap-0.7.0/examples/savefile.rs
/usr/share/cargo/registry/pcap-0.7.0/examples/streamlisten.rs
/usr/share/cargo/registry/pcap-0.7.0/src
/usr/share/cargo/registry/pcap-0.7.0/src/lib.rs
/usr/share/cargo/registry/pcap-0.7.0/src/raw.rs
/usr/share/cargo/registry/pcap-0.7.0/src/tokio.rs
/usr/share/cargo/registry/pcap-0.7.0/src/unique.rs
/usr/share/cargo/registry/pcap-0.7.0/tests
/usr/share/cargo/registry/pcap-0.7.0/tests/data
/usr/share/cargo/registry/pcap-0.7.0/tests/data/packet_snaplen_20.pcap
/usr/share/cargo/registry/pcap-0.7.0/tests/data/packet_snaplen_65535.pcap
/usr/share/cargo/registry/pcap-0.7.0/tests/lib.rs
/usr/share/doc/rust-pcap-devel
/usr/share/doc/rust-pcap-devel/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/rust-pcap-devel
/usr/share/licenses/rust-pcap-devel/LICENSE-APACHE
/usr/share/licenses/rust-pcap-devel/LICENSE-MIT

References

rust-pcap-devel website

Summary

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