How To Install tftp-server on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tftp-server on Rocky Linux 8.
What is tftp-server
The Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is normally used only for booting diskless workstations. The tftp-server package provides the server for TFTP, which allows users to transfer files to and from a remote machine. TFTP provides very little security, and should not be enabled unless it is expressly needed. The TFTP server is run by using systemd socket activation, and is disabled by default.
We can use yum or dnf to install tftp-server on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install tftp-server.
Install tftp-server 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 tftp-server using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install tftp-server
Install tftp-server 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 tftp-server using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install tftp-server
How To Uninstall tftp-server on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the tftp-server package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove tftp-server
tftp-server Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d/007d41da17afd690abdaa31bd62b1d1d016c69
/usr/lib/systemd/system/tftp.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/tftp.socket
/usr/sbin/in.tftpd
/usr/share/doc/tftp-server
/usr/share/doc/tftp-server/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/tftp-server/README
/usr/share/doc/tftp-server/README.security
/usr/share/man/man8/in.tftpd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tftpd.8.gz
/var/lib/tftpboot
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tftp-server on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.