How To Install libnfnetlink-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnfnetlink-devel on CentOS 7. libnfnetlink-devel is Netfilter netlink userspace library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnfnetlink-devel on CentOS 7.

libnfnetlink is a userspace library that provides some low-level nfnetlink handling functions. It is used as a foundation for other, netfilter subsystem specific libraries such as libnfnetlink_conntrack, libnfnetlink_log and libnfnetlink_queue. libnfnetlink is a userspace library that provides some low-level nfnetlink handling functions. It is used as a foundation for other, netfilter subsystem specific libraries such as libnfnetlink_conntrack, libnfnetlink_log and libnfnetlink_queue.

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

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libnfnetlink-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libnfnetlink-devel

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 libnfnetlink-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libnfnetlink-devel

To uninstall only the libnfnetlink-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libnfnetlink-devel

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Summary

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