Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bridge-utils on CentOS 8.
What is bridge-utils
This package contains utilities for configuring the linux ethernet bridge. The linux ethernet bridge can be used for connecting multiple ethernet devices together. The connecting is fully transparent connected to one ethernet device see hosts connected to the other ethernet devices directly. Install bridge-utils if you want to use the linux ethernet bridge.
We can use yum or dnf to install bridge-utils on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bridge-utils.
Install bridge-utils 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 bridge-utils using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bridge-utils
Install bridge-utils 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 bridge-utils using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bridge-utils
How To Uninstall bridge-utils on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the bridge-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bridge-utils
bridge-utils Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b/5f4ed2362e972a9e27f203e70b4700e3242270
/usr/sbin/brctl
/usr/share/doc/bridge-utils
/usr/share/doc/bridge-utils/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/bridge-utils/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/bridge-utils/HOWTO
/usr/share/licenses/bridge-utils
/usr/share/licenses/bridge-utils/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/brctl.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bridge-utils on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
