ifconfig: command not found

How to install net-tools on Linux (RHEL 7/Fedora/Centos)?

Let's try ifconfig command,

# ifconfig em2 8.8.8.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
-bash: ifconfig: command not found

command not found error, so we need to install net-tools and try again once installed.

How to install net-tools in RHEL 7/Fedora/Centos?

# yum install net-tools

Installation is in progress,

Loaded plugins: product-id, search-disabled-repos, subscription-manage

Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package net-tools.x86_64 0:2.0-0.24.20131004git.el7 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================================================================================================================
 Package                              Arch                              Version                                               Repository                                Size
=============================================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
 net-tools                            x86_64                            2.0-0.24.20131004git.el7                              beaker-Server                            306 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================================================================================================================
Install  1 Package

Total download size: 306 k
Installed size: 918 k
Is this ok [y/d/N]: y
Downloading packages:
net-tools-2.0-0.24.20131004git.el7.x86_64.rpm                                                                                                         | 306 kB  00:00:00     
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction
  Installing : net-tools-2.0-0.24.20131004git.el7.x86_64                                                                                                                 1/1
  Verifying  : net-tools-2.0-0.24.20131004git.el7.x86_64                                                                                                                 1/1

Installed:
  net-tools.x86_64 0:2.0-0.24.20131004git.el7                                                                                                                                

Complete!

Done the net-tools installation and let's try ifconfig command again,

# ifconfig em2 8.8.8.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up



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