How To Install net-snmp on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install net-snmp in AlmaLinux 8. net-snmp is A collection of SNMP protocol tools and libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install net-snmp on AlmaLinux 8.

What is net-snmp

SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is a protocol used for network management. The NET-SNMP project includes various SNMP tools an extensible agent, an SNMP library, tools for requesting or setting information from SNMP agents, tools for generating and handling SNMP traps, a version of the netstat command which uses SNMP, and a Tk/Perl mib browser. This package contains the snmpd and snmptrapd daemons, documentation, etc. You will probably also want to install the net-snmp-utils package, which contains NET-SNMP utilities.

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

Install net-snmp on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install net-snmp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install net-snmp

Install net-snmp on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install net-snmp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install net-snmp

How To Uninstall net-snmp on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the net-snmp package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove net-snmp

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install net-snmp on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.