How To Install nsntrace on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nsntrace on CentOS 8.
What is nsntrace
The nsntrace program uses Linux network namespaces to perform network traces of a single application. The traces are saved as pcap files. And can later be analyzed by for instance Wireshark.
We can use yum or dnf to install nsntrace on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nsntrace.
Install nsntrace on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install nsntrace using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install nsntrace
Install nsntrace on CentOS 8 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 nsntrace using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install nsntrace
How To Uninstall nsntrace on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the nsntrace package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove nsntrace
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nsntrace on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.