How To Install radvd on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install radvd on AlmaLinux 8.
What is radvd
radvd is the router advertisement daemon for IPv6. It listens to router solicitations and sends router advertisements as described in “Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6)” (RFC 2461). With these advertisements hosts can automatically configure their addresses and some other parameters. They also can choose a default router based on these advertisements. Install radvd if you are setting up IPv6 network and/or Mobile IPv6 services.
We can use yum or dnf to install radvd on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install radvd.
Install radvd on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install radvd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install radvd
Install radvd on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install radvd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install radvd
How To Uninstall radvd on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the radvd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove radvd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install radvd on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
