How To Install netsniff-ng on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install netsniff-ng on AlmaLinux 8.
What is netsniff-ng
netsniff-ng is a high performance Linux network sniffer for packet inspection. It can be used for protocol analysis, reverse engineering or network debugging. The gain of performance is reached by ‘zero-copy’ mechanisms, so that the kernel does not need to copy packets from kernelspace to userspace. netsniff-ng toolkit currently consists of the following utilities * netsniff-ng * trafgen * ifpps * curvetun * ashunt * flowtop * bpfc
We can use yum or dnf to install netsniff-ng on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install netsniff-ng.
Install netsniff-ng 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 netsniff-ng using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install netsniff-ng
Install netsniff-ng 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 netsniff-ng using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install netsniff-ng
How To Uninstall netsniff-ng on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the netsniff-ng package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove netsniff-ng
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install netsniff-ng on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
