How To Install iptables-arptables on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install iptables-arptables on CentOS 8. iptables-arptables is User space tool to set up tables of ARP rules in kernel

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install iptables-arptables on CentOS 8.

What is iptables-arptables

The arptables tool is used to set up and maintain the tables of ARP rules in the Linux kernel. These rules inspect the ARP frames which they see. arptables is analogous to the iptables user space tool, but is less complicated. Note replacement of the legacy tool.

We can use yum or dnf to install iptables-arptables on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install iptables-arptables.

Install iptables-arptables on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install iptables-arptables using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install iptables-arptables

Install iptables-arptables on CentOS 8 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 iptables-arptables using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install iptables-arptables

How To Uninstall iptables-arptables on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the iptables-arptables package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove iptables-arptables

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install iptables-arptables on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.