How To Install netsniff-ng on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install netsniff-ng on CentOS 7. netsniff-ng is Packet sniffing beast

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install netsniff-ng on CentOS 7.

What is netsniff-ng

The netsniff-ng toolkit currently consists of the following utilities * netsniff-ng itself. * trafgen * astraceroute utility. * ifpps * bpfc extensions.

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

Install netsniff-ng on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install netsniff-ng

Install netsniff-ng 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 netsniff-ng using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install netsniff-ng

How To Uninstall netsniff-ng on CentOS 7

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 CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.