How To Install libxdp on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is `libxdp`

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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libxdp.

Install libxdp 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 libxdp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libxdp

Install libxdp 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 libxdp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libxdp

How To Uninstall libxdp on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libxdp

libxdp Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/d732d6b52599eb147fbcf13bf4572d37ccb40d
/usr/lib64/bpf/xdp-dispatcher.o
/usr/lib64/libxdp.so.1
/usr/lib64/libxdp.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/libxdp.so.1.1.0
/usr/share/man/man3/libxdp.3.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/c6ba6f638f140e50fd672b707eabc30e837180
/usr/lib/bpf/xdp-dispatcher.o
/usr/lib/libxdp.so.1
/usr/lib/libxdp.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/libxdp.so.1.1.0
/usr/share/man/man3/libxdp.3.gz

References

libxdp website

Summary

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