How To Install libxdp on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxdp on CentOS 8. libxdp is XDP helper library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxdp on CentOS 8.

What is libxdp

The libxdp package contains the libxdp library for managing XDP programs, used by the xdp-tools package The libxdp package contains the libxdp library for managing XDP programs, used by the xdp-tools package

We can use yum or dnf to install libxdp on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libxdp.

Install libxdp on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libxdp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libxdp

Install libxdp on CentOS 8 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 libxdp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libxdp

How To Uninstall libxdp on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the libxdp package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libxdp

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxdp on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.