How To Install traceroute on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install traceroute on CentOS 7.
What is traceroute
The traceroute utility displays the route used by IP packets on their way to a specified network (or Internet) host. Traceroute displays the IP number and host name (if possible) of the machines along the route taken by the packets. Traceroute is used as a network debugging tool. If you’re having network connectivity problems, traceroute will show you where the trouble is coming from along the route. Install traceroute if you need a tool for diagnosing network connectivity problems.
We can use yum or dnf to install traceroute on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install traceroute.
Install traceroute on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install traceroute using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install traceroute
Install traceroute 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 traceroute using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install traceroute
How To Uninstall traceroute on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the traceroute package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove traceroute
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install traceroute on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.