How To Install libnet on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnet on Rocky Linux 8.
What is libnet
Libnet is an API to help with the construction and handling of network packets. It provides a portable framework for low-level network packet writing and handling (use libnet in conjunction with libpcap and you can write some really cool stuff). Libnet includes packet creation at the IP layer and at the link layer as well as a host of supplementary and complementary functionality.
We can use yum or dnf to install libnet on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libnet.
Install libnet 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 libnet using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libnet
Install libnet 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 libnet using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libnet
How To Uninstall libnet on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the libnet package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libnet
libnet Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/d87943c511b1cbf995c81c20c39e5e567b6b08
/usr/lib/libnet.so.1
/usr/lib/libnet.so.1.7.0
/usr/share/doc/libnet
/usr/share/doc/libnet/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/libnet/CONTRIB
/usr/share/doc/libnet/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libnet/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/1ccbd9fbf8787370576224d6c9c0aeff0973de
/usr/lib64/libnet.so.1
/usr/lib64/libnet.so.1.7.0
/usr/share/doc/libnet
/usr/share/doc/libnet/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/libnet/CONTRIB
/usr/share/doc/libnet/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libnet/README
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnet on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.