How To Install scamper on CentOS 7
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.