How To Install libndp on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libndp on Rocky Linux 8.
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.
We can use yum or dnf to install libndp on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libndp.
Install libndp on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install libndp using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libndp
Install libndp on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install libndp using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libndp
How To Uninstall libndp on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the libndp package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libndp
libndp Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/ndptool
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e/4ce069081a93fa56683a44a56ae21e9796c43a
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/ff9b1e5d12185869d6484294783ec4adf8cc07
/usr/lib/libndp.so.0
/usr/lib/libndp.so.0.1.1
/usr/share/doc/libndp
/usr/share/doc/libndp/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/ndptool.8.gz
/usr/bin/ndptool
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/10
/usr/lib/.build-id/10/c4798d841723a3598a6c9fd6750be636213a01
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/39161a68331c7ba1a5ec3d2946bd703705bf5b
/usr/lib64/libndp.so.0
/usr/lib64/libndp.so.0.1.1
/usr/share/doc/libndp
/usr/share/doc/libndp/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/ndptool.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libndp on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.