How To Install tunctl on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install tunctl in Fedora 36. tunctl is Create and remove virtual network interfaces

Introduction

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

What is `tunctl`

tunctl is a tool to set up and maintain persistent TUN/TAP network interfaces, enabling user applications access to the wire side of a virtual nework interface. Such interfaces is useful for connecting VPN software, virtualization, emulation and a number of other similar applications to the network stack. tunctl originates from the User Mode Linux project.

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

Install tunctl 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 tunctl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tunctl

Install tunctl 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 tunctl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tunctl

How To Uninstall tunctl on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove tunctl

tunctl Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8/84dfcdae090ecf4474d0ef296d0a1eee0f5293
/usr/sbin/tunctl
/usr/share/doc/tunctl
/usr/share/doc/tunctl/ChangeLog
/usr/share/man/man8/tunctl.8.gz

References

tunctl website

Summary

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