How To Install udt on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install udt on CentOS 7.
What is udt
UDT is a reliable UDP based application level data transport protocol for distributed data intensive applications over wide area high-speed networks. UDT uses UDP to transfer bulk data with its own reliability control and congestion control mechanisms. The new protocol can transfer data at a much higher speed than TCP does. UDT is also a highly configurable framework that can accommodate various congestion control algorithms.
We can use yum or dnf to install udt on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install udt.
Install udt on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install udt using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install udt
Install udt 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 udt using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install udt
How To Uninstall udt on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the udt package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove udt
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install udt on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
