How To Install ethtool on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ethtool on CentOS 7.
What is ethtool
This utility allows querying and changing settings such as speed, port, auto-negotiation, PCI locations and checksum offload on many network devices, especially of Ethernet devices.
We can use yum or dnf to install ethtool on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ethtool.
Install ethtool on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install ethtool using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ethtool
Install ethtool 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 ethtool using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ethtool
How To Uninstall ethtool on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the ethtool package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ethtool
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ethtool on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
