How To Install subnetcalc on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install subnetcalc on CentOS 7.
What is subnetcalc
SubNetCalc is an IPv4/IPv6 subnet address calculator. For given IPv4 or IPv6 address and netmask or prefix length, it calculates network address, broadcast address, maximum number of hosts and host address range. Also, it prints the addresses in binary format for better understandability. Furthermore, it prints useful information on specific address types (e.g. type, scope, interface ID, etc.).
We can use yum or dnf to install subnetcalc on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install subnetcalc.
Install subnetcalc on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install subnetcalc using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install subnetcalc
Install subnetcalc 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 subnetcalc using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install subnetcalc
How To Uninstall subnetcalc on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the subnetcalc package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove subnetcalc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install subnetcalc on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
