How To Install scamper on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install scamper on CentOS 7. scamper is A network measurement tool

Introduction

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

What is scamper

scamper is a program that is able to conduct Internet measurement tasks to large numbers of IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, in parallel, to fill a specified packets-per-second rate. Currently, it supports the well-known ping and traceroute techniques, as well as radargun, ally, mercator, sting, and parts of tbit.

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

Install scamper on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install scamper

Install scamper 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 scamper using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install scamper

How To Uninstall scamper on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove scamper

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Summary

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