How to resolve “-bash: /usr/sbin/ifconfig: No such file or directory” on CentOS 7

The ifconfig command deprecated in CentOS 7 minimal installation and most of the Linux distributions. The ip a command can used instead of ifconfig command. The following steps describes installation of ifconfig command on CentOS 7.

[root@linuxcloudy ~]# ifconfig -bash: /usr/sbin/ifconfig: No such file or directory [root@linuxcloudy ~]#

Step 1. Ifconfig command binary installation: Run the following command to install ifconfig command:

[root@linuxcloudy ~]# yum install net-tools Loaded plugins: fastestmirror …………………………….. Installed:   net-tools.x86_64 0:2.0-0.24.20131004git.el7 Complete! [root@linuxcloudy ~]#

Step 2. Verify the installation: Run the following commands to verify the installation:

[root@linuxcloudy ~]# which ifconfig /usr/sbin/ifconfig [root@linuxcloudy ~]#

[root@linuxcloudy ~]# ifconfig ens33: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500         inet 192.168.43.14  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.43.255         inet6 2405:204:1292:dedb:1365:4b78:ffb4:3e45  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x0<global>         inet6 fe80::c3fe:1825:631e:f1cb  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>         ether 00:0c:29:08:30:d4  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)         RX packets 12987  bytes 17611665 (16.7 MiB)         RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0         TX packets 6113  bytes 563230 (550.0 KiB)         TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0 lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536         inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0         inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>         loop  txqueuelen 1000  (Local Loopback)         RX packets 20  bytes 1720 (1.6 KiB)         RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0         TX packets 20  bytes 1720 (1.6 KiB)         TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0 [root@linuxcloudy ~]#

Done!!! Now the ifconfig command is available in the system.