How To Install bgpq4 on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bgpq4 on CentOS 8.
What is bgpq4
The bgpq4 utility can be used to generate BGP filter configurations such as prefix lists, (extended) access lists, policy statement terms and AS path lists based on routing database information and supports output formats for BIRD, Cisco, Huawei, Juniper, MikroTik, Nokia and OpenBGPD routers as well as generic JSON.
We can use yum or dnf to install bgpq4 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bgpq4.
Install bgpq4 on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install bgpq4 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bgpq4
Install bgpq4 on CentOS 8 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install bgpq4 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bgpq4
How To Uninstall bgpq4 on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the bgpq4 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bgpq4
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bgpq4 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.