How To Install hping3 on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hping3 on CentOS 7.
What is hping3
hping3 is a network tool able to send custom TCP/IP packets and to display target replies like ping do with ICMP replies. hping3 can handle fragmentation, and almost arbitrary packet size and content, using the command line interface. Since version 3, hping implements scripting capabilties
We can use yum or dnf to install hping3 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install hping3.
Install hping3 on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install hping3 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install hping3
Install hping3 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 hping3 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install hping3
How To Uninstall hping3 on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the hping3 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove hping3
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hping3 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
