How To Install openslp on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install openslp on Rocky Linux 8. openslp is Open implementation of Service Location Protocol V2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openslp on Rocky Linux 8.

What is openslp

Service Location Protocol is an IETF standards track protocol that provides a framework to allow networking applications to discover the existence, location, and configuration of networked services in enterprise networks. OpenSLP is an open source implementation of the SLPv2 protocol as defined by RFC 2608 and RFC 2614.

We can use yum or dnf to install openslp on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openslp.

Install openslp on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install openslp

Install openslp on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install openslp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install openslp

How To Uninstall openslp on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the openslp package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove openslp

openslp Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/slp.conf
/usr/bin/slptool
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/51
/usr/lib/.build-id/51/e4f67898f846897a30618001dbdc4fc6e12f51
/usr/lib/.build-id/71
/usr/lib/.build-id/71/b5aae9305359515c0b7b0f53d928f0c23f4f93
/usr/lib64/libslp.so.1
/usr/lib64/libslp.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/openslp
/usr/share/doc/openslp/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/openslp/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/openslp/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/openslp/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/openslp/README
/usr/share/doc/openslp/THANKS
/usr/share/man/man1/slptool.1.gz
/etc/slp.conf
/usr/bin/slptool
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/86
/usr/lib/.build-id/86/7cc0b19beabd6c64ba3a91784d1e51d26603ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/b47d72620da40379d264c7ad1a12aa6ede8a13
/usr/lib/libslp.so.1
/usr/lib/libslp.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/openslp
/usr/share/doc/openslp/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/openslp/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/openslp/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/openslp/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/openslp/README
/usr/share/doc/openslp/THANKS
/usr/share/man/man1/slptool.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install openslp on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.