How To Install mtr on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install mtr on CentOS 7. mtr is A network diagnostic tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mtr on CentOS 7.

What is mtr

Mtr is a network diagnostic tool that combines ping and traceroute into one program. Mtr provides two interfaces interface, useful for using Mtr from a telnet session; and a GTK+ interface for X (provided in the mtr-gtk package).

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

Install mtr on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install mtr

Install mtr 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 mtr using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mtr

How To Uninstall mtr on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove mtr

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Summary

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