Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bgpq4 on CentOS 8.
What is bgpq4
The bgpq4 utility can be used to generate BGP filter configurations such as prefix lists, (extended) access lists, policy statement terms and AS path lists based on routing database information and supports output formats for BIRD, Cisco, Huawei, Juniper, MikroTik, Nokia and OpenBGPD routers as well as generic JSON.
We can use yum or dnf to install bgpq4 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bgpq4.
Install bgpq4 on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install bgpq4 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bgpq4
Install bgpq4 on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install bgpq4 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bgpq4
How To Uninstall bgpq4 on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the bgpq4 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bgpq4
bgpq4 Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/bgpq4
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a/5baf9bf89150fdd391207f72a82d3656c087f8
/usr/share/doc/bgpq4
/usr/share/doc/bgpq4/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/bgpq4/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/bgpq4
/usr/share/licenses/bgpq4/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/man/man8/bgpq4.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bgpq4 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
