How To Install darkstat on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install darkstat on CentOS 7.
What is darkstat
darkstat is a network traffic analyzer. It’s basically a packet sniffer which runs as a background process on a cable/DSL router and gathers all sorts of useless but interesting statistics.
We can use yum or dnf to install darkstat on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install darkstat.
Install darkstat on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install darkstat using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install darkstat
Install darkstat on CentOS 7 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 darkstat using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install darkstat
How To Uninstall darkstat on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the darkstat package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove darkstat
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install darkstat on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.