How To Install dhcping on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcping on Rocky Linux 8. dhcping is DHCP daemon ping program

Introduction

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

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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dhcping.

Install dhcping 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 dhcping using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dhcping

Install dhcping 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 dhcping using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dhcping

How To Uninstall dhcping on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove dhcping

dhcping Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/dhcping
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/286a531430bfb60fcfe22a83335739d7f7a81e
/usr/share/doc/dhcping
/usr/share/doc/dhcping/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/dhcping/CONTACT
/usr/share/licenses/dhcping
/usr/share/licenses/dhcping/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man8/dhcping.8.gz

References

dhcping website

Summary

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