How To Install ratools on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install ratools on CentOS 7. ratools is Framework for IPv6 Router Advertisements

Introduction

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

What is ratools

Ratools is a fast, dynamic, multi-threading framework for creating, modifying and sending IPv6 Router Advertisements (RA).

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

Install ratools on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install ratools

Install ratools 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 ratools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ratools

How To Uninstall ratools on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove ratools

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Summary

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