How To Install libndp on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libndp on CentOS 7. libndp is Library for Neighbor Discovery Protocol

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libndp on CentOS 7.

What is libndp

This package contains a library which provides a wrapper for IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol. It also provides a tool named ndptool for sending and receiving NDP messages. This package contains a library which provides a wrapper for IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol. It also provides a tool named ndptool for sending and receiving NDP messages.

We can use yum or dnf to install libndp on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libndp.

Install libndp on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libndp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libndp

Install libndp 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 libndp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libndp

How To Uninstall libndp on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libndp package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libndp

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libndp on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.