How To Install ndisc6 on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ndisc6 on CentOS 7.
What is ndisc6
This package gathers a few diagnostic tools for IPv6 networks - ndisc6, which performs ICMPv6 Neighbor Discovery in user-land, - rdisc6, which performs ICMPv6 Router Discovery in user-land, - rltraceroute6, yet another IPv6 implementation of traceroute, - tcptraceroute6, a TCP/IPv6-based traceroute implementation, - tracert6, a ICMPv6 Echo Request based traceroute, - tcpspray6, a TCP/IP Discard/Echo bandwidth meter.
We can use yum or dnf to install ndisc6 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ndisc6.
Install ndisc6 on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install ndisc6 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ndisc6
Install ndisc6 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 ndisc6 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ndisc6
How To Uninstall ndisc6 on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the ndisc6 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ndisc6
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ndisc6 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.