How To Install libnetfilter_conntrack on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetfilter_conntrack on Rocky Linux 8.
What is libnetfilter_conntrack
libnetfilter_conntrack is a userspace library providing a programming interface (API) to the in-kernel connection tracking state table.
We can use yum or dnf to install libnetfilter_conntrack on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libnetfilter_conntrack.
Install libnetfilter_conntrack 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 libnetfilter_conntrack using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libnetfilter_conntrack
Install libnetfilter_conntrack 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 libnetfilter_conntrack using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libnetfilter_conntrack
How To Uninstall libnetfilter_conntrack on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the libnetfilter_conntrack package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libnetfilter_conntrack
libnetfilter_conntrack Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/23
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/49741f32b0e0202b77003a12572577e8dbb651
/usr/lib64/libnetfilter_conntrack.so.3
/usr/lib64/libnetfilter_conntrack.so.3.6.0
/usr/share/licenses/libnetfilter_conntrack
/usr/share/licenses/libnetfilter_conntrack/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd/897800225315d53d34b2112bcc8e1b3b609721
/usr/lib/libnetfilter_conntrack.so.3
/usr/lib/libnetfilter_conntrack.so.3.6.0
/usr/share/licenses/libnetfilter_conntrack
/usr/share/licenses/libnetfilter_conntrack/COPYING
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetfilter_conntrack on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.