How To Install bpfmon on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bpfmon on AlmaLinux 8.
What is bpfmon
While tcpdump shows what packets are going through the network, bpfmon will show how much in terms of bytes per second and packets per second in a nice pseudo-graphical terminal interface. bpfmon also supports monitoring an iptables rule that is selected by command line option or selected from a menu.
We can use yum or dnf to install bpfmon on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bpfmon.
Install bpfmon on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install bpfmon using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bpfmon
Install bpfmon on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install bpfmon using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bpfmon
How To Uninstall bpfmon on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the bpfmon package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bpfmon
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bpfmon on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.