How To Install dhcping on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcping on CentOS 7. dhcping is DHCP daemon ping program

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcping on CentOS 7.

What is dhcping

Dhcping allows the system administrator to check if a remote DHCP server is still functioning.

We can use yum or dnf to install dhcping on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dhcping.

Install dhcping on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install dhcping using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dhcping

Install dhcping 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 dhcping using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dhcping

How To Uninstall dhcping on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove dhcping

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcping on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.