How To Install libdnet on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdnet
on CentOS 7.
What is libdnet
libdnet provides a simplified, portable interface to several low-level networking routines, including network address manipulation, kernel arp(4) cache and route(4) table lookup and manipulation, network firewalling (IP filter, ipfw, ipchains, pf, …), network interface lookup and manipulation, raw IP packet and Ethernet frame, and data transmission. libdnet provides a simplified, portable interface to several low-level networking routines, including network address manipulation, kernel arp(4) cache and route(4) table lookup and manipulation, network firewalling (IP filter, ipfw, ipchains, pf, …), network interface lookup and manipulation, raw IP packet and Ethernet frame, and data transmission.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install libdnet
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libdnet.
Install libdnet on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install libdnet
using yum
by running the following command:
Install libdnet 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.
After updating yum database, We can install libdnet
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall libdnet on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libdnet
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdnet
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.