How To Install daq on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install daq on Rocky Linux 8. daq is Data Acquisition Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install daq on Rocky Linux 8.

What is daq

Snort 2.9 introduces the DAQ, or Data Acquisition library, for packet I/O. The DAQ replaces direct calls to libpcap functions with an abstraction layer that facilitates operation on a variety of hardware and software interfaces without requiring changes to Snort.

We can use yum or dnf to install daq on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install daq.

Install daq 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 daq using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install daq

Install daq 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 daq using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install daq

How To Uninstall daq on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove daq

daq Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/42
/usr/lib/.build-id/42/f4d6759457a1741c868f46ea52d6bed3d0cb05
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0/3e4f4415d3b455484e7d242b1fdcd9e0597216
/usr/lib64/libdaq.so.2
/usr/lib64/libdaq.so.2.0.4
/usr/lib64/libsfbpf.so.0
/usr/lib64/libsfbpf.so.0.0.1
/usr/share/doc/daq
/usr/share/doc/daq/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/daq/README
/usr/share/licenses/daq
/usr/share/licenses/daq/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install daq on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.