How To Install dhcp-client on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcp-client on Rocky Linux 8. dhcp-client is Provides the ISC DHCP client daemon and dhclient-script

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcp-client on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `dhcp-client`

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a protocol which allows individual devices on an IP network to get their own network configuration information (IP address, subnetmask, broadcast address, etc.) from a DHCP server. The overall purpose of DHCP is to make it easier to administer a large network. This package provides the ISC DHCP client.

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

Install dhcp-client 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 dhcp-client using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dhcp-client

Install dhcp-client 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 dhcp-client using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dhcp-client

How To Uninstall dhcp-client on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the dhcp-client package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dhcp-client

dhcp-client Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/NetworkManager
/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d
/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/11-dhclient
/etc/dhcp
/etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf
/etc/dhcp/dhclient.d
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b/f7fe3f2435f526b522057c272834fddbaf36da
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/sleep.d/56dhclient
/usr/sbin/dhclient
/usr/sbin/dhclient-script
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-client
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-client/README.dhclient.d
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-client/dhclient-enter-hooks
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-client/dhclient.conf.example
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-client/dhclient6.conf.example
/usr/share/man/man5/dhclient.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/dhclient.leases.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dhclient-script.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dhclient.8.gz
/var/lib/dhclient

References

dhcp-client website

Summary

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