How To Install tftp on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install tftp on CentOS 7. tftp is The client for the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)

Introduction

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

What is tftp

The Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is normally used only for booting diskless workstations. The tftp package provides the user interface for TFTP, which allows users to transfer files to and from a remote machine. This program and TFTP provide very little security, and should not be enabled unless it is expressly needed.

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

Install tftp on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install tftp

Install tftp 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 tftp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tftp

How To Uninstall tftp on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove tftp

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Summary

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