How To Install plotnetcfg on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install plotnetcfg on CentOS 7. plotnetcfg is A tool to plot network configuration

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install plotnetcfg on CentOS 7.

What is plotnetcfg

plotnetcfg is a tool that output a diagram of network configuration on the host in a form suitable for graphviz.

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

Install plotnetcfg on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install plotnetcfg

Install plotnetcfg 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 plotnetcfg using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install plotnetcfg

How To Uninstall plotnetcfg on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove plotnetcfg

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install plotnetcfg on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.