Eager to know about how to install ifconfig on CentOS 7? Then take a peek at this blog.

Here at Bobcares, we have help web hosts and online service providers to install and configure Linux command-line utility like ifconfig as part of our Server Management Services.

Today we’ll take a look at how to install ifconfig on CentOS 7.

Facts about ifconfig

ifconfig(Interface Configuration) is a Linux command-line utility that is mainly used to display, configure, and manage the network interfaces.

We mainly use it to configure the kernel-resident network interfaces. Also, we make use of it during boot time to set up interfaces as necessary. Other than this, it is only necessary while debugging or when system tuning is necessary.

In order to perform different tasks, you can pass different arguments to the ifconfig command.

Previously ifconfig was a default network management command-line utility for all versions of CentOS through CentOS 6. Later, with the introduction of CentOS 7, a new replacement utility, called IP, was available as the default network management tool. This IP command-line utility has similar functionality as that of ifconfig with only a few minor differences.

However, if you do not want to use the new utility, you can easily install ifconfig on CentOS 7,

How to install ifconfig on CentOS 7

Now let’s look into the process of installing ifconfig on CentOS 7.

The installation process is quite simple. The ifconfig utility is a part of a larger utility package known as net-tools.

So all you have to do is install the net-tools package and ifconfig should then be available. Since we are installing the ifconfig in CentOS, we will be using the yum package manager for installation.

First, let’s see which package provides the ifconfig utility. For that, we will run the below command.

# yum whatprovides ifconfig

The output of this command should look as below.

Now we get to know that the full package name and description is:

net-tools-2.0-0.24.20131004git.el7.x86_64 : Basic networking tools

We can then install the net-tools using yum by running the below command.

# yum install net-tools

After the completion of installing net-tools, we can confirm that ifconfig is available or not by running the below command.

# ifconfig

Finally, now we are done with the installation of ifconfig.

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Conclusion

In short, we can install ifconfig in CentOS using the yum package manager. Today, we saw the installation process of ifconfig in CentOS 7.