How To Install slirp4netns on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install slirp4netns on CentOS 7. slirp4netns is slirp for network namespaces

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install slirp4netns on CentOS 7.

What is slirp4netns

slirp for network namespaces, without copying buffers across the namespaces.

We can use yum or dnf to install slirp4netns on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install slirp4netns.

Install slirp4netns on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install slirp4netns using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install slirp4netns

Install slirp4netns 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 slirp4netns using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install slirp4netns

How To Uninstall slirp4netns on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the slirp4netns package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove slirp4netns

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install slirp4netns on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.