How To Install libnetfilter_cttimeout on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetfilter_cttimeout on CentOS 7.
What is libnetfilter_cttimeout
This infrastructure allows you to define fine-grain timeout policies per flow. Basically, from user-space, you can create timeout policy objects via nfct_timeout_alloc(), set the policy attributes, via nfct_timeout_attr_set(), and then build the ctnetlink message to communicate this new timeout policy to the kernel. This infrastructure allows you to define fine-grain timeout policies per flow. Basically, from user-space, you can create timeout policy objects via nfct_timeout_alloc(), set the policy attributes, via nfct_timeout_attr_set(), and then build the ctnetlink message to communicate this new timeout policy to the kernel.
We can use yum or dnf to install libnetfilter_cttimeout on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libnetfilter_cttimeout.
Install libnetfilter_cttimeout on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libnetfilter_cttimeout using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libnetfilter_cttimeout
Install libnetfilter_cttimeout 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 libnetfilter_cttimeout using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libnetfilter_cttimeout
How To Uninstall libnetfilter_cttimeout on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libnetfilter_cttimeout package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libnetfilter_cttimeout
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetfilter_cttimeout on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
