How To Install tcpreplay on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install tcpreplay on CentOS 7. tcpreplay is Replay captured network traffic

Introduction

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

What is tcpreplay

Tcpreplay is a tool to replay captured network traffic. Currently, tcpreplay supports pcap (tcpdump) and snoop capture formats. Also included, is tcpprep a tool to pre-process capture files to allow increased performance under certain conditions as well as capinfo which provides basic information about capture files.

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

Install tcpreplay on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install tcpreplay

Install tcpreplay 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 tcpreplay using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tcpreplay

How To Uninstall tcpreplay on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove tcpreplay

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Summary

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