How To Install ipv6gen on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ipv6gen on CentOS 7.
What is ipv6gen
ipv6gen is a tool which generates lists of IPv6 prefixes using the process described by RFC 3531.
We can use yum or dnf to install ipv6gen on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ipv6gen.
Install ipv6gen on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install ipv6gen using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ipv6gen
Install ipv6gen 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 ipv6gen using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ipv6gen
How To Uninstall ipv6gen on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the ipv6gen package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ipv6gen
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ipv6gen on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
