How To Install avahi-autoipd on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install avahi-autoipd on Rocky Linux 8.
What is avahi-autoipd
avahi-autoipd implements IPv4LL, “Dynamic Configuration of IPv4 Link-Local Addresses” (IETF RFC3927), a protocol for automatic IP address configuration from the link-local 169.254.0.0/16 range without the need for a central server. It is primarily intended to be used in ad-hoc networks which lack a DHCP server.
We can use yum or dnf to install avahi-autoipd on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install avahi-autoipd.
Install avahi-autoipd on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install avahi-autoipd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install avahi-autoipd
Install avahi-autoipd on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install avahi-autoipd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install avahi-autoipd
How To Uninstall avahi-autoipd on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the avahi-autoipd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove avahi-autoipd
avahi-autoipd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/avahi/avahi-autoipd.action
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc/055b61fed3d779fe5f8457c091a4ffc66500ab
/usr/sbin/avahi-autoipd
/usr/share/man/man8/avahi-autoipd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/avahi-autoipd.action.8.gz
/var/lib/avahi-autoipd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install avahi-autoipd on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.