{"id":1115,"date":"2021-06-10T08:53:41","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T08:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.velaninfo.com\/rs\/?post_type=techtips&p=1115"},"modified":"2021-06-10T09:49:55","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T09:49:55","slug":"how-to-resolve-ifconfig-not-being-found-in-centos","status":"publish","type":"techtips","link":"https:\/\/www.velaninfo.com\/rs\/techtips\/how-to-resolve-ifconfig-not-being-found-in-centos\/","title":{"rendered":"How to resolve CentOS 8 \/ RHEL 8’s ifconfig command not being found?"},"content":{"rendered":"

ifconfig<\/em> is a command-line utility that displays network interfaces associated to Linux Servers as well as network information like IP addresses, netmask, and so on and network interfaces have been assigned to them.<\/p>\n

It also shows the number of transmitted and received network packets, as well as the number of error and dropped packets.<\/p>\n

When you use the ifconfig<\/em> command after a minimum CentOS 8 \/ RHEL 8 installation, you can see an error like command not found.<\/p>\n

bash: ifconfig: command not found<\/em><\/p>\n

This post will show you how to get the ifconfig<\/em> command by installing the appropriate packages.<\/p>\n

Install ifconfig Package<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Using the YUM command, let’s see which package supplies the ifconfig<\/em> tool.<\/p>\n

yumwhatprovidesifconfig<\/em><\/p>\n

Output:<\/strong><\/p>\n

CentOS-8 – AppStream\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1.1 MB\/s | 6.3 MB\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 00:05<\/em><\/p>\n

CentOS-8 – Base\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 954 kB\/s | 7.9 MB\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 00:08<\/em><\/p>\n

CentOS-8 – Extras\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 569\u00a0 B\/s | 2.1 kB\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 00:03<\/em><\/p>\n

Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 – x86_64\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 617 kB\/s | 3.2 MB\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 00:05<\/em><\/p>\n

net-tools-2.0-0.51.20160912git.el8.i686 : Basic networking tools<\/em><\/p>\n

Repo\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : BaseOS<\/em><\/p>\n

Matched from:<\/em><\/p>\n

Filename\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : \/usr\/sbin\/ifconfig<\/em><\/p>\n

net-tools<\/strong>-2.0-0.51.20160912git.el8.x86_64 : Basic networking tools<\/em><\/p>\n

Repo\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : BaseOS<\/em><\/p>\n

Matched from:<\/em><\/p>\n

Filename\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : \/usr\/sbin\/ifconfig<\/em><\/p>\n

Name of the ifconfig<\/em> package: As you can see from the previous line, the net-tools package includes the ifconfig<\/em> command. Using the yum command, install the net-tools package.<\/p>\n

yum -y install net-tools<\/em><\/p>\n

Output:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:51 ago on Mon 04 Nov 2019 09:07:03 AM EST.<\/em><\/p>\n

Dependencies resolved.<\/em><\/p>\n

=========================================================================================<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0Package\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Arch\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Version\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Repository\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Size<\/em><\/p>\n

=========================================================================================<\/em><\/p>\n

Installing:<\/em><\/p>\n

net-tools\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 x86_64\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2.0-0.51.20160912git.el8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BaseOS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 323 k<\/em><\/p>\n

Transaction Summary<\/em><\/p>\n

=========================================================================================<\/em><\/p>\n

Install\u00a0 1 Package<\/em><\/p>\n

Total download size: 323 k<\/em><\/p>\n

Installed size: 1.0 M<\/em><\/p>\n

Downloading Packages:<\/em><\/p>\n

net-tools-2.0-0.51.20160912git.el8.x86_64.rpm\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 264 kB\/s | 323 kB\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 00:01<\/em><\/p>\n

—————————————————————————————–<\/em><\/p>\n

Total\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 148 kB\/s | 323 kB\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 00:02<\/em><\/p>\n

Running transaction check<\/em><\/p>\n

Transaction check succeeded.<\/em><\/p>\n

Running transaction test<\/em><\/p>\n

Transaction test succeeded.<\/em><\/p>\n

Running transaction<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0 Preparing\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 :\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\/1<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0 Installing\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : net-tools-2.0-0.51.20160912git.el8.x86_64\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\/1<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0 Running scriptlet: net-tools-2.0-0.51.20160912git.el8.x86_64\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01\/1<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0 Verifying\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : net-tools-2.0-0.51.20160912git.el8.x86_64\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\/1<\/em><\/p>\n

Installed:<\/em><\/p>\n

net-tools-2.0-0.51.20160912git.el8.x86_64<\/em><\/p>\n

Complete!<\/em><\/p>\n

Once the installation is complete, then run\u00a0ifconfig<\/em>\u00a0to see whether it is available or not.<\/p>\n

Once the installation is complete, use ifconfig<\/em> to see if the result shows the network information is available.<\/p>\n

ifconfig<\/em><\/p>\n

Output:<\/strong><\/p>\n

View network information with ifconfig<\/em> command<\/p>\n

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