How To Install tcpflow on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install tcpflow in Fedora 36. tcpflow is Network traffic recorder

Introduction

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

What is `tcpflow`

tcpflow is a program that captures data transmitted as part of TCP connections (flows), and stores the data in a way that is convenient for protocol analysis or debugging. A program like ’tcpdump’ shows a summary of packets seen on the wire, but usually doesn’t store the data that’s actually being transmitted. In contrast, tcpflow reconstructs the actual data streams and stores each flow in a separate file for later analysis.

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

Install tcpflow 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 tcpflow using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tcpflow

Install tcpflow 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 tcpflow using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tcpflow

How To Uninstall tcpflow on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove tcpflow

tcpflow Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/tcpflow
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/696cf9a1a3bd6a98d1abd2ddc35e5f78268877
/usr/share/doc/tcpflow
/usr/share/doc/tcpflow/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/tcpflow/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/tcpflow/NEWS
/usr/share/licenses/tcpflow
/usr/share/licenses/tcpflow/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/tcpflow.1.gz

References

tcpflow website

Summary

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