How To Install netsniff-ng on CentOS 7
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.