How To Install sipcalc on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install sipcalc on Rocky Linux 8. sipcalc is An “advanced” console based ip subnet calculator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sipcalc on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `sipcalc`

Sipcalc is an “advanced” console based ip subnet calculator.

We can use yum or dnf to install sipcalc on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sipcalc.

Install sipcalc on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install sipcalc

Install sipcalc on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install sipcalc

How To Uninstall sipcalc on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove sipcalc

sipcalc Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/sipcalc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/48
/usr/lib/.build-id/48/09d32fc9909f286b0a25b1a11b85145b2af9ee
/usr/share/doc/sipcalc
/usr/share/doc/sipcalc/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/sipcalc/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/sipcalc/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/sipcalc/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/sipcalc/README
/usr/share/doc/sipcalc/TODO
/usr/share/doc/sipcalc/sipcalc.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/sipcalc.1.gz

References

sipcalc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sipcalc on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.