How To Install lldpad on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install lldpad on Rocky Linux 8. lldpad is Intel LLDP Agent

Introduction

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

What is lldpad

This package contains the Linux user space daemon and configuration tool for Intel LLDP Agent with Enhanced Ethernet support for the Data Center.

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

Install lldpad 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 lldpad using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lldpad

Install lldpad 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 lldpad using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lldpad

How To Uninstall lldpad on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove lldpad

lldpad Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/bash_completion.d/lldpad
/etc/bash_completion.d/lldptool
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/25
/usr/lib/.build-id/25/fa1212fac9a3a9b5c0b4ed95dfa8126b569676
/usr/lib/.build-id/43
/usr/lib/.build-id/43/f4b1cd9b93c0867f5d7409007f1c8615af75a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c/eb9ca66495c06ca0df9eb57b30c8206adfb721
/usr/lib/.build-id/91
/usr/lib/.build-id/91/eab8b40340e92af1337ef925d2a41749deb391
/usr/lib/.build-id/da
/usr/lib/.build-id/da/dc06dbd13890260ad9c4a9ec65273bd7280b3c
/usr/lib/systemd/system/lldpad.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/lldpad.socket
/usr/lib64/liblldp_clif.so.1
/usr/lib64/liblldp_clif.so.1.0.0
/usr/sbin/dcbtool
/usr/sbin/lldpad
/usr/sbin/lldptool
/usr/sbin/vdptool
/usr/share/doc/lldpad
/usr/share/doc/lldpad/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/lldpad/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/lldpad/README
/usr/share/man/man3/liblldp_clif-vdp22.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dcbtool.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lldpad.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lldptool-app.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lldptool-dcbx.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lldptool-ets.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lldptool-evb.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lldptool-evb22.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lldptool-med.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lldptool-pfc.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lldptool-vdp.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lldptool.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vdptool.8.gz
/var/lib/lldpad
/etc/bash_completion.d/lldpad
/etc/bash_completion.d/lldptool
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/2493e89af832761557700c1a4660cb76e5a5a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b/b10dd34afc1fb14cf94b230695a9de485de426
/usr/lib/.build-id/84
/usr/lib/.build-id/84/697ed60a01f5883ddd8d2ffceffa33531a91ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/296ee969d714545a1defca4cc8df23df9ccb41
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef/0f1a75018f48d806ad919d3632f83abe0c7d31
/usr/lib/liblldp_clif.so.1
/usr/lib/liblldp_clif.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/systemd/system/lldpad.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/lldpad.socket
/usr/sbin/dcbtool
/usr/sbin/lldpad
/usr/sbin/lldptool
/usr/sbin/vdptool
/usr/share/doc/lldpad
/usr/share/doc/lldpad/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/lldpad/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/lldpad/README
/usr/share/man/man3/liblldp_clif-vdp22.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dcbtool.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lldpad.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lldptool-app.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lldptool-dcbx.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lldptool-ets.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lldptool-evb.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lldptool-evb22.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lldptool-med.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lldptool-pfc.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lldptool-vdp.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lldptool.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vdptool.8.gz
/var/lib/lldpad

References

Summary

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